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Damen x Blue Water Autonomy US Navy

Damen and Blue Water Autonomy announced a license agreement to produce autonomous ships for the U.S. Navy, combining Damens Stan Patrol vessel design with Blue Waters autonomous vessel technology.

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Type
technology
Status
Activeoperating
Announced
2026-06-15
2 months ago
Active for
2 months

Who’s involved

Blue Water Autonomytechnology provider

Early-stage US autonomous-ship startup (Boston/Cambridge MA; founded 2024; founders ex-Navy/Amazon Robotics/[Irobot](/companies/irobot)) building a full-size long-range autonomous ship (~190ft Liberty Class); pre-deploy, $64M raised.

HQBoston, Massachusetts, USAwww.blw.ai1 partnerships

Off-registry parties

  • Damen Shipyards · manufacturer

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Sources (1)

  1. https://www.damen.com/insights-center/news/damen-and-blue-water-announce-agreement-for-autonomous-ship-for-the-us-navy

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