Ocean Power Technologies teams with Red Cat to provide advanced maritime defence solutions
April 09, 2024 at 02:51 pm EDT
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Ocean Power Technologies CEO Philipp Stratmann joined Steve Darling from Proactive to announce a significant strategic alliance with drone technology firm Red Cat Holdings, marking a notable advancement in enhancing maritime domain awareness capabilities across air, sea, and subsea defense and security missions.
According to Stratmann, this collaboration will leverage Ocean Power Technologies' PowerBuoy® and WAM-V® platforms, which will be integrated with Red Cat's Teal 2 Drones. The goal is to usher in a new era of autonomous vehicle deployment, facilitating the delivery of real-time, actionable intelligence to address maritime threats effectively. This integration is poised to revolutionize situational awareness and operational safety for reconnaissance and defense forces operating in maritime environments.
Red Cat's Teal 2 drones are renowned for their exceptional night vision capabilities and modular design, making them well-suited to complement OPT's platforms. By providing air support, these drones extend the operational capabilities of maritime surveillance and reconnaissance missions. Importantly, this integration aligns with the Pentagon's Replicator Initiative, which underscores the importance of drone and swarming capabilities across multiple domains, including maritime defense and security.
Overall, this strategic alliance between Ocean Power Technologies and Red Cat Holdings represents a significant step forward in enhancing maritime security measures, offering innovative solutions to address evolving threats and challenges in the maritime domain.
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Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. provides ocean data collection and reporting, marine power, offshore communications and domain awareness services products, and integrated solutions. The Company focuses on three major service areas: Data as a Service (DaaS), which includes data collected by its Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel (WAM-V) autonomous vehicles or its PowerBuoy product lines; Robotics as a Service (RaaS), which provides a lower cost subscription model for its customers to access use of its WAM-Vs, and Power as a Service (PaaS), which includes its PowerBuoy and subsea battery products. The Company's solutions are primarily suited to ocean and other offshore environments, and support generation of actionable intelligence on a standalone basis. The Company offers its products and services to a wide range of customers, including those in government and offshore energy, oil and gas, construction, wind power and other industries.