# BlackSea Technologies: maritime robotics company

Canonical ID: `8743755a-b33d-434a-8439-abb50023a56d`

- **Slug:** blacksea-technologies
- **HQ:** Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- **Category:** [Maritime](/maritime)

## Models

- [BlackSea Comet USV](/models/blacksea-comet-usv.md) (maritime) (id: `01e3a655-2006-449a-805d-2387955f12a1`)

## Current leadership (1)

- [Bob Pudney](/people/bob-pudney-blacksea.md) President (secondary-verified)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

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## Common questions

### What is BlackSea Technologies?

BlackSea Technologies is a Baltimore-based naval technology firm manufacturing unmanned surface vessels for U.S. and allied naval forces. Its [GARC (Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft)](/models/blacksea-comet-usv) is a 16-foot high-speed low-cost USV mass-produced for scalable maritime operations — over 300 GARC units delivered. Participated in RIMPAC 2026 (first GARC kamikaze strike on USS Peleliu), BALTOPS 2026 (swarm exercises with USVDIV-32), Operation Southern Spear (4th Fleet), and Arctic Sentry (Norway). Secured $256M US Navy contract.

### What does BlackSea Technologies make?

BlackSea Technologies has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: BlackSea Comet USV (BlackSea Technologies builds physical robots).

### Who competes with BlackSea Technologies?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to BlackSea Technologies building in the same form factors include Cellula Robotics, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ukrainian Armed Forces, Havoc.

### Where is BlackSea Technologies headquartered?

BlackSea Technologies is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

### Where does BlackSea Technologies operate robots?

BlackSea Technologies is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### Is BlackSea Technologies a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, BlackSea Technologies ranks in roughly the top 88% of companies tracked by the registry.


## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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