CategoryMaritime
Overview
San Diego-based small uncrewed surface vessel (sUSV) startup. US Navy SBIR Phase 3 ID/IQ contract with $89M ceiling to deliver Lightfish USVs to Marine Corps for Persistent ISR. Products include Lightfish and Quickfish USVs — 35+ knot top speeds, multiweek loiter endurance, modular payloads.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Navy Contract
Products
Contract Duration
US Navy contract
Capabilities
Use case
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Seasats has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1L3Harris1× joint2 total
Most recent
- L3Harris x Seasats2024-06-18with L3Harrisjust announced
Seasats on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Mike Flanigan Co-Founder and CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Mike Flaniganno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Seasats.
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 →
Recent coverage
Seasats in third-party press
Peer companies
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- HavocAI2 models
- Huntington Ingalls Industries2 models
- Kraken Technology Group2 models
- Ukrainian Armed Forces2 models
- ABB Marine & Ports1 model
Mentioned on (2)
Registry pages whose text names Seasats.
Companies (1)
People (1)
Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company Seasats has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- L3Harris x Seasats2024-06-18with L3Harrisjust announced
Most-frequent partners
- 1L3Harris1× joint2 total
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 25, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Seasats.Peer companies
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- HavocAI2 models
- Huntington Ingalls Industries2 models
- Kraken Technology Group2 models
- Ukrainian Armed Forces2 models
- ABB Marine & Ports1 model
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Seasats from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
11-foot robot boat that can conduct surveillance missions to boost US military power
New Zealand’s Seasats reports it has had a very good month in terms of sales...
Exclusive: Seasats Snags $89M US Navy IDIQ Contract for USVs
$89M SBIR Phase 3 IDIQ contract for Lightfish USVs to Marine Corps. Quickfish demonstrated 35+ knots, multiweek loiter, hidden UAV launch bay.
Autonomous surface vessel garners U.S. Navy contract
Seasats SBIR Phase 3 ID/IQ for Lightfish USVs. Quickfish tested at 35+ knots with modular payloads and multiweek endurance.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/seasats.md
- RSS feed: /companies/seasats/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/896b28cb-bb98-4e71-ab23-7b8492f0cbe9
- Revision history: /companies/seasats/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- HavocAI2 models
- Huntington Ingalls Industries2 models
- Kraken Technology Group2 models
- Ukrainian Armed Forces2 models
- ABB Marine & Ports1 model
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
Seasats draws attention at the 20th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among maritime robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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: Nov 4, 2026