# Triton: robot model

Canonical ID: `e1d79717-0427-4dba-b10f-a54249c9bbda`

- **Slug:** ocean-aero-triton
- **Form factor:** maritime
- **Maturity stage:** pilot
- **Lifecycle:** active
- **Deployments registered:** 0

## Specs

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- **specs:** Triton: dual-mode Autonomous Underwater and Surface Vehicle (AUSV). Wind+solar surface sailing 30+ days at up to ~5 kn; submerges 10+ days to 100m (328 ft) at ~2 kn. ~15 ft / ~1,500 lb. Minimal radar cross-section. Payloads: HD/thermal cameras, side-scan sonar, mine-neutralization gear (in development). Founded 2012 (US Navy veterans); Gulfport MS; CEO Kevin Decker; ~$60.2M raised (incl. James Fisher & Sons).
- **formFactor:** maritime (autonomous SURFACE-and-SUBSEA hybrid vehicle / AUSV; the only dual-mode entity in the cohort)

## Deployments

_No deployments registered for this model._

## Supply chain

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

_Suppliers appear when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Triton?

Ocean Aero (founded 2012 in Gulfport, Mississippi by US Navy veterans, led by CEO Kevin Decker) makes the Triton, the only surface-and-subsea hybrid vehicle in the cohort and its genuine differentiator: a dual-mode autonomous underwater and surface vehicle that sails on wind and solar power for more than 30 days at up to about five knots on the surface and submerges for more than ten days to 100 meters at about two knots, at roughly 15 feet and 1,500 pounds with a minimal radar cross-section and payloads including cameras, side-scan sonar, and mine-neutralization gear in development. It is primarily a vessel maker that also runs some operations with its own personnel, on about $60.2 million raised including from James Fisher and Sons. The registry records it at pilot maturity with an explicit scale gap: it is a real fielded vehicle with named deployments, including continuous autonomous subsea surveillance at the Port of Gulfport since May 2025, a US Navy Task Force 59 evaluation since 2023, and Black Sea operations, but it has no sustained-scale evidence, with no cumulative nautical-mile or sea-day figures, and its stated manufacturing capacity of 360 to over 1,000 Tritons per year is capacity rather than units built, so it is held at pilot and flagged so it is not presented at parity with Saildrone. Its autonomy is genuine, since multi-day unattended submerged and surface transits are not remote-pilotable, but its scale is the open question, and any cumulative total, the world-first subsea-surveillance superlative, the production-capacity figures as actual output, NOAA contract specifics, current ownership, and operational mine neutralization are not verified.

### Who makes Triton?

Triton is made by Ocean Aero, based in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA, founded in 2012.

### Where is Triton deployed?

No verified deployments of Triton are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.

### What is Triton's maturity stage?

Triton is at the pilot stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Pilot stage means at least one named-customer trial deployment is verified.


## Sources (3)

1. https://breakingdefense.com/2026/03/ocean-aero-triton-autonomous-underwater-surface-vehicle/
2. https://www.usm.edu/news/2025/ocean-aero-port-gulfport-subsea-surveillance.php
3. https://www.oceanaero.com/triton

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