Teledyne Webb Research

What Teledyne Webb Research does

Teledyne Webb Research, founded in 1982 and headquartered in East Falmouth, Massachusetts, manufactures autonomous underwater gliding vehicles as well as autonomous profiling drifters and floats. Its products are designed for monitoring and exploration of underwater environments, serving organizations in the marine science and exploration segment, including research, governmental, and oceanographic institutions that require persistent, unmanned subsurface observation platforms.

The company operates as a product line within Teledyne Marine, the marine technology arm of Teledyne Technologies, which designs and manufactures instruments used to monitor and explore almost everything below the surface of the sea. This parent-platform relationship gives Teledyne Webb Research access to shared engineering, distribution, and brand infrastructure across Teledyne Marine's broader instrument portfolio. Core technology is centered on low-power, buoyancy-driven autonomous platforms engineered for long-duration ocean deployment, with the unit employing 11-50 staff.

The business model is B2B specialty-instrument sales to marine science and exploration customers, though specific pricing models, contract structures, and go-to-market mechanics are not publicly disclosed. No revenue, ARR, customer logos, distribution channels, partnerships, or recent product launches are documented in available source material, which represents a material data gap for any deeper commercial assessment.

Name

Teledyne Webb Research

Website

https://teledynemarine.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Teledyne Webb Research manufactures autonomous underwater gliding vehicles and autonomous profiling drifters and floats for marine science and exploration organizations, operating as a product line within Teledyne Marine.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marine Scientific Instruments

NAICS

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511)

akta.pro primary industry

Marine & Underwater Robotics (USVs/UUVs) (HDAAAIAH)

Keywords

• Autonomous underwater vehicles
• Marine glider technology
• Ocean monitoring instruments
• Underwater profiling drifters
• Marine exploration equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

East Falmouth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Core offering

Teledyne Webb Research manufactures autonomous underwater gliding vehicles, autonomous profiling drifters, and autonomous profiling floats used to monitor and explore underwater environments. The company operates as part of Teledyne Marine's portfolio of marine instruments designed for ocean observation and exploration.

Product overview

Teledyne Marine (under which Teledyne Webb Research operates) designs and manufactures instruments used to monitor and explore almost everything below the surface of the sea. The company produces marine equipment and technology solutions. Specific product names and details for Teledyne Webb Research are not available in the source data provided.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Autonomous Underwater Gliding Vehicles

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Kongsberg Maritime: Kongsberg Maritime produces the Seaglider, the most direct commercial competitor to Teledyne Webb Research's Slocum underwater glider. Both companies serve marine science, naval, and survey customers with buoyancy-driven, long-endurance autonomous underwater vehicles.
• ALSEAMAR: ALSEAMAR manufactures the SeaExplorer underwater glider, directly competing with Teledyne Webb Research's Slocum glider in the scientific and environmental monitoring market. Both platforms are designed for long-endurance, buoyancy-driven ocean profiling missions.
• Hydroid (Huntington Ingalls Industries): Hydroid, a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries, produces the REMUS family of autonomous underwater vehicles used widely by navies, research institutions, and survey operators. It competes with Webb Research in the broader autonomous underwater vehicle category for science and defense customers.
• Bluefin Robotics (General Dynamics Mission Systems): Bluefin Robotics, part of General Dynamics Mission Systems, develops the Bluefin family of autonomous underwater vehicles for defense, commercial, and research applications. It is a peer in the autonomous underwater vehicle market serving overlapping marine science and naval customers.
• L3Harris Technologies: L3Harris acquired OceanServer Technology and its Iver autonomous underwater vehicle line, competing directly with Teledyne Webb Research in lightweight AUVs for survey, security, and research applications.
• Saab (Saab Seaeye): Saab's Seaeye and Sabertooth product lines compete in the autonomous underwater vehicle space for defense, inspection, and scientific customers. Saab's broader defense portfolio and underwater domain expertise make it a peer in autonomous underwater robotics.
• ECA Group: ECA Group manufactures the A9 and A18 autonomous underwater vehicles for naval mine countermeasures, survey, and security applications. It is a peer in the autonomous underwater vehicle market serving defense and commercial customers globally.
• Sea-Bird Scientific: Sea-Bird Scientific, a Danaher operating company, manufactures profiling floats (including Argo array components) and oceanographic sensors. It is a direct peer to Teledyne Webb Research's profiling drifters and floats business serving the same ocean science customers.

Emerging players

• Saildrone: Saildrone builds wind- and solar-powered autonomous surface vehicles for ocean data collection, increasingly competing for the same ocean monitoring budgets that fund Teledyne Webb Research's gliders. It is a peer in autonomous ocean observation platforms though it operates at the surface rather than underwater.

Broad incumbents

• Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin produces the Marlin autonomous underwater vehicle and broader undersea systems for defense customers. As a large defense prime with overlapping underwater autonomy capabilities, it competes for naval and research AUV contracts that also flow to Teledyne Webb Research.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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