The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Liquid Robotics: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region. 3 sources back the record.
CategoryMaritime
Overview
Liquid Robotics developed the Wave Glider, an autonomous surface vehicle (USV) powered by wave and solar energy for ocean monitoring and Maritime surveillance. Acquired by Boeing in 2016.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Product
Status
Boeing subsidiary since
Applications
CEO
Founder
Parent company
Acquisition
Latest model
Financial stage
Data & sources
Press releases
2
Web sources
1
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Liquid Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Sagar Defence Engineering1× joint1 total
Most recent
- with Sagar Defence Engineeringoperating
Liquid Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Liquid Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Liquid Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Roger Hine Founderreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Roger Hinecofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Liquid Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Liquid Robotics1 deployment
Recent coverage
Liquid Robotics in third-party press
Peers
34 peers across 1 segment. Every Liquid Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
marine(34)
29 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 5727.802012906746) · leader Anduril Industries at 7141%
- Anduril Industriesdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- BAE Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Bedrock Oceandirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Blue Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Blue Water Autonomydirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Deep Trekkerdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Supplied by (1)
Sensors
- Teledyne Technologiesvia Wave GliderTeledyne acoustic instruments -- ADCP ocean current profiler and multi-beam sonar payloadssupplies
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- acquired
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Liquid Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Sagar Defence Engineeringoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Sagar Defence Engineering1× joint1 total
Timeline
Every recorded move in Liquid Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipSagar Defence Engineering x Liquid Robotics
2024-09-23Liquid Robotics, a Boeing company, and Sagar Defence Engineering teamed for the co-development and co-production of scaled Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV) systems, announced by the White House and Indian Prime Ministers Office. Sagar Defence inaugurated a USV manufacturing plant in Pune in December 2025 under this partnership.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Liquid Robotics Wave Glider
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Wave Glider at Honolulu
Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Liquid Robotics.Peer companies
- Saildrone4 models
- Saronic Technologies4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Rekise Marine3 models
- L3Harris2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Liquid Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Wave Glider SV5 — Uncrewed Surface Vehicle Now Available
Wave Glider SV5 USV released in 2025 with increased payload capacity for maritime missions. Manufacturing partnership with Boeing.
Boeing to Acquire Liquid Robotics to Enhance Autonomous Seabed-to-Space Information Services
Boeing announced the acquisition of Liquid Robotics to enhance autonomous seabed-to-space information services. The Wave Glider will continue operating under Boeing.
Boeing to Acquire Liquid Robotics to Enhance Autonomous Seabed-to-Space Information Services
Boeing acquired Liquid Robotics, maker of the Wave Glider autonomous surface vehicle (USV), to enhance autonomous maritime systems for seabed-to-space information services.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/liquid-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/liquid-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/d07fd6e0-676f-408f-af74-96a142459a3e
- Revision history: /companies/liquid-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Saildrone4 models
- Saronic Technologies4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Rekise Marine3 models
- L3Harris2 models
Video
A quick overview of how the Wave Glider works. Includes voiceover.
Liquid Robotics' chief software architect, James Gosling, talks about the capabilities of Wave Glider fleets.
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Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Liquid Robotics draws attention at the 42nd percentile but verifies reality at the 18th percentile among maritime_surface robots. Hype Gap +23.8, 6th widest among maritime_surface robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 2, 2026