# Blue Water Autonomy: company

Canonical ID: `f251f52f-405c-40cc-91e2-16649370d204`

## Key facts

- **Ambition:** ~190ft 'Liberty Class' full-size long-range autonomous ship; Conrad Shipyard production deal (Sept 2025).
- **Status:** RESEARCH / pre-deploy: no fielded vessel, no Navy program-of-record; 2026 first deployment is a forward claim.

- **Slug:** blue-water-autonomy
- **Status:** private ($64M raised: $14M seed Apr 2025 + $50M Series A GV-led)
- **Founded:** 2024
- **HQ:** Boston, Massachusetts, USA

## Models

- [Blue Water autonomous ship (Liberty Class)](/models/blue-water-usv.md) (maritime) (id: `e5c70808-b691-4050-b849-879a13bf9110`)

## Supplies to

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## Sources (3)

1. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blue-water-autonomy-announces-50-million-series-a-led-by-gv-to-strengthen-us-maritime-power-with-autonomous-unmanned-ships-302538277.html
2. https://breakingdefense.com/2025/09/maritime-tech-startup-blue-water-autonomy-signs-deal-with-conrad-shipyard-for-usv-production/
3. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/11/business/blue-water-autonomy-captainless-ships/

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