Metal Shark partners with swarm autonomy specialist HavocAI

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Jeanerette, La.- based boat builder Metal Shark has entered a strategic partnership with Providence, R.I.-based maritime swarm autonomy specialist HavocAI. The agreement will see Havoc’s collaborative autonomy platform rolled out across Metal Shark’s existing fleet of high-speed maneuverable unmanned surface vessels (HSMUSVs). The companies say that the first-of-its-kind deployment demonstrates that the autonomous maritime capabilities required to defend the United States are real, and they’re available right now.

Already deployed with the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army, and used in live operational settings by multiple international allies, Havoc’s collaborative autonomy technology will allow a single operator to quickly and effectively conduct complex operations involving multiple Metal Shark HSMUSVs simultaneously.

This technology enables unprecedented interoperability and lethality through autonomous, intelligent boat swarms that overwhelm adversaries. Metal Shark has won multiple major U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and Marine Corps contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars to produce various patrol boats. The company is currently producing the U.S. Navy’s next-generation 40 PB