{"id":"0539265e-c6e0-4555-98fd-32f57b0a49b5","companyId":"d07fd6e0-676f-408f-af74-96a142459a3e","modelName":"Wave Glider","slug":"liquid-robotics-wave-glider","description":"The Wave Glider is a wave- and solar-powered persistent autonomous surface vehicle made by Liquid Robotics, a wholly-owned Boeing subsidiary, recorded in the maritime form factor with the entity scoped to the Wave Glider product and Liquid Robotics as the maker. It converts wave motion into forward thrust through a submerged sub-float tethered to a surface float and uses solar power for its payloads, giving it theoretically indefinite endurance for ocean data collection, maritime domain awareness, and scientific work across defense, commercial, and science customers. The registry confirms its active state: Liquid Robotics remains a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, acquired on December 6, 2016 and relocated to Herndon, Virginia in 2022, and is neither divested nor wound down, correcting an earlier possibly-divested hypothesis, while the Wave Glider remains an active product with a 2025 Boeing and Liquid Robotics memorandum of understanding with India's Sagar Defence Engineering to co-produce Wave Gliders and a Pune manufacturing facility inaugurated in December 2025. Its editorial throughline is the persistent-presence-via-energy-harvesting archetype, the second example in the cohort alongside the Ocius Bluebottle, with both wind, wave, and solar indefinite-endurance vessels, the Wave Glider carrying the deeper Pacific operational history and Ocius the newer Royal Australian Navy program entry. Specific current customer rosters and fleet counts are not enumerated given limited Boeing-subsidiary disclosure, the India co-production is a memorandum and a facility rather than a delivered-units figure, and any aggregator-quoted deployment totals should be treated as company-sourced.","formFactor":"maritime","maturityStage":"commercial","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified (entity scoping + active state)","value":"Liquid Robotics makes the Wave Glider; entity = the Wave Glider product/vessel, maker = Liquid Robotics (a Boeing company). It is STILL a wholly-owned Boeing subsidiary (Boeing Defense, Space & Security; acquired Dec 6 2016; relocated to Herndon VA 2022) - NOT divested or wound down (corrects the 'possibly divested' hypothesis). The Wave Glider is an ACTIVE product: a 2025 Boeing/Liquid Robotics MoU with India's Sagar Defence Engineering co-produces Wave Gliders, with a Dec 2025 Pune manufacturing facility. maturity=commercial."},{"label":"Editorial throughline (persistent-presence 2nd example)","value":"Persistent-presence-via-energy-harvesting archetype, the SECOND example alongside Ocius Bluebottle (Wave 2): both are wind/wave/solar indefinite-endurance USVs. Wave Glider has the deeper Pacific operational history (long-running ocean-science + naval deployments); Ocius is the newer, RAN-program entrant."},{"label":"Cap-flag","value":"Specific current customer roster + fleet counts not enumerated here (Boeing-subsidiary disclosures are limited); the India co-production is an MoU + a facility, not a delivered-units figure. Treat any aggregator-quoted Wave-Glider deployment totals as company/marketing-sourced."}],"specs":"Wave Glider: wave + solar-powered persistent autonomous surface vehicle - converts wave motion to forward thrust (a submerged sub float + surface float) + solar for payload power, giving theoretically indefinite endurance for ocean data / maritime domain awareness (defense + commercial + science). Made by Liquid Robotics, a wholly-owned Boeing subsidiary (acquired Dec 6 2016; Herndon VA).","formFactor":"maritime (autonomous SURFACE vessel / USV; wave + solar energy-harvesting; persistent presence)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Robotics","title":"Liquid Robotics (Wave Glider; acquired by Boeing Dec 6 2016; wholly-owned subsidiary; Herndon VA)","sourceName":"Wikipedia"},{"url":"https://www.boeing.co.in/news/2025/liquid-robotics-and-sagar-defence-engineering-strengthen-maritim","title":"Liquid Robotics + Sagar Defence Engineering (India) co-produce Wave Gliders (2025; Pune facility Dec 2025)","sourceName":"Boeing (official)"},{"url":"https://www.liquid-robotics.com/wave-glider/overview/","title":"Liquid Robotics Wave Glider (wave + solar-powered persistent USV; indefinite endurance)","sourceName":"Liquid Robotics (official)"}],"aliases":["Wave Glider","Liquid Robotics Wave Glider"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T23:14:35.855Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T23:14:35.855Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/liquid-robotics-wave-glider","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/liquid-robotics-wave-glider","name":"Wave Glider","alternateName":["Wave Glider","Liquid Robotics Wave Glider"],"description":"The Wave Glider is a wave- and solar-powered persistent autonomous surface vehicle made by Liquid Robotics, a wholly-owned Boeing subsidiary, recorded in the maritime form factor with the entity scoped to the Wave Glider product and Liquid Robotics as the maker. It converts wave motion into forward thrust through a submerged sub-float tethered to a surface float and uses solar power for its payloads, giving it theoretically indefinite endurance for ocean data collection, maritime domain awareness, and scientific work across defense, commercial, and science customers. The registry confirms its active state: Liquid Robotics remains a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, acquired on December 6, 2016 and relocated to Herndon, Virginia in 2022, and is neither divested nor wound down, correcting an earlier possibly-divested hypothesis, while the Wave Glider remains an active product with a 2025 Boeing and Liquid Robotics memorandum of understanding with India's Sagar Defence Engineering to co-produce Wave Gliders and a Pune manufacturing facility inaugurated in December 2025. Its editorial throughline is the persistent-presence-via-energy-harvesting archetype, the second example in the cohort alongside the Ocius Bluebottle, with both wind, wave, and solar indefinite-endurance vessels, the Wave Glider carrying the deeper Pacific operational history and Ocius the newer Royal Australian Navy program entry. Specific current customer rosters and fleet counts are not enumerated given limited Boeing-subsidiary disclosure, the India co-production is a memorandum and a facility rather than a delivered-units figure, and any aggregator-quoted deployment totals should be treated as company-sourced.","identifier":"0539265e-c6e0-4555-98fd-32f57b0a49b5","category":"maritime","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}}}