Red Cat Holdings, a leading drone technology company, has announced a strategic partnership with Ocean Power Technologies, a pioneer in innovative and sustainable marine power solutions. This collaboration aims to bolster maritime defense by integrating Red Cat’s drone technology with OPT’s autonomous marine platforms, PowerBuoy® and WAM-V®.
George Matus, Chief Technology Officer at Red Cat, emphasized the significance of the partnership in enhancing the Pentagon’s Replicator Initiative. "Partnering with Ocean Power Technologies is a key part of our strategy to deploy drone and swarming capabilities across maritime missions. We see a significant opportunity for drones to extend ocean surveillance and situational awareness alongside autonomous surface vehicles, quickly moving data across the air and sea while increasing the safety of reconnaissance teams and warfighters,” Matus said.
The integration of Red Cat’s drones with OPT’s maritime domain awareness solutions represents a significant enhancement to Red Cat's tactical ecosystem, which includes partnerships with industry leaders like Primordial Labs, Tomahawk Robotics, Athena AI, Teledyne FLIR, Reveal Technology, Immervision, and Doodle Labs. These collaborations enable advanced capabilities in computer vision, AI, and third-party applications.
Matt Burdyny, Chief Commercial Officer at Ocean Power Technologies, highlighted the strategic importance of advanced autonomy in naval operations. "Our core mission is to provide advanced autonomy solutions for greater maritime situational awareness for a variety of science and technology applications, including defense and security missions. As technology plays an increasingly important role in naval shoreline and border protection, as well as potential battlefield scenarios, partnerships like this one with Red Cat are key to increasing mission range and endurance for existing manned and unmanned assets that are part of a larger defense network," Burdyny explained.
Red Cat subsidiary Teal Drones manufactures the Teal 2 drone at its South Salt Lake facility. The Teal 2 is designed to support U.S. and allied military operations, public safety organizations, and government agencies, featuring best-in-class night vision, multi-vehicle control support, and a fully modular design. It is both Blue UAS Certified and FAA Remote ID approved.
OPT’s PowerBuoy® serves as an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) that harnesses energy from ocean waves to continually recharge itself. It is designed for deployment in ocean depths ranging from 20 meters to 3,000 meters. Additionally, through its Marine Advanced Robotics subsidiary, OPT offers the WAM-V®, an innovative class of autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) featuring an articulating suspension system that minimizes structural loading.
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