Ocean Aero Receives Multi-million Investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures and Energy Innovation Capital

摘要

Ocean Aero, builder of environmentally powered, autonomous, unmanned, underwater and surface vehicles (AUUSVs), announced that it has secured multi-million dollar strategic investments from both Lockheed Martin Ventures and Energy Innovation Capital (EIC) in a Series B funding round. This is Lockheed Martin Ventures' second investment in Ocean Aero and the initial investment for EIC in the unmanned maritime systems market. Both companies join Teledyne Marine as the primary investors behind Ocean Aero. Lockheed Martin Ventures' investment continues to increase the company's maritime capabilities with a focus on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). EIC will provide Ocean Aero with significant growth opportunities in the energy and other commercial sectors. Ocean Aero's signature product is the Submaran, the first hybrid wind and solar-powered surface and subsurface vehicle designed for extended ocean observation and data collection. The Submaran participated with Lockheed Martin on a successful, multi-domain unmanned systems technology demonstration during a naval technology exercise at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, Rhode Island. The Submaran relayed instructions to Lockheed Martin's Marlin autonomous underwater vehicle, instructing it to launch Vector Hawk, a small, unmanned aerial vehicle.