Birdon

Name

Birdon

Legal name

Birdon Group

Website

https://birdon.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Defense Shipbuilding and Maritime Platform Manufacturing

NAICS

Ship Building and Repairing (336611), Ship and Boat Building (33661)

SIC

Ship & Boat Building & Repairing (3730)

akta.pro primary industry

Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) & Autonomous Maritime Surface Platforms (IMABAIAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Landing Craft & Amphibious Workboats (LCM/LCT-style, Beaching Craft) (IMAJADAK)

Keywords

• Maritime shipbuilding
• Defense vessel manufacturing
• Unmanned surface vessels
• Amphibious vehicle production
• Maritime systems integration

Headquarters

HQ city

Port Macquarie

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Defense Government Contracts: Birdon generates revenue through large-scale defense contracts with U.S. government agencies including the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy, delivering vessels and maritime platforms.
2. Amphibious Vehicle Delivery: Defense contract for delivery of next-generation amphibious vehicles under $125 million contract.
3. Systems Integration Services: Program execution and systems integration services for autonomous maritime platforms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Birdon provides maritime platform development, systems integration, and program execution services for unmanned surface vessels, waterways commerce cutters, amphibious vehicles, and response boat demonstrators delivered to U.S. and Australian defense customers. The company designs and builds physical vessels under long-cycle defense contracts, integrating autonomy software through partnerships such as its MOU with Mythos AI for U.S. Navy MUSV opportunities.

Product overview

Birdon is a shipbuilding company offering maritime platform development, systems integration, and program execution capabilities. The company operates in both the United States (Denver, CO and expanding to Port of Pensacola, FL) and Australia (Port Macquarie, NSW). Birdon's primary products include Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels (MUSV) for the U.S. Navy's unmanned fleet expansion, waterways commerce cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard (valued at $1.187 billion for 27 vessels), Response Boat-Small (RB-S) demonstrators, and next-generation amphibious vehicles for defense (valued at $125 million). The company is expanding its U.S. shipbuilding footprint with a 400,000-sq.-ft. facility at the Port of Pensacola, backed by a $76 million Triumph Gulf Coast grant.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) Unmanned surface vessel platform developed for the U.S. Navy's MUSV Family of Systems program. Built to address the Navy's plan to expand its unmanned fleet from 4 to 30 vessels by 2030 at lower cost than traditional shipbuilding, integrating autonomy software through the Mythos AI partnership.
• Waterways Commerce Cutters (WCC) Vessels built for the U.S. Coast Guard to support maritime security, patrol, and commerce operations. The program covers 27 vessels under a $1.187 billion contract, modernizing the Coast Guard's cutter fleet.
• Next-Generation Amphibious Vehicles Next-generation amphibious vehicles delivered under a $125 million Defence contract for defence operations. Produced through Birdon's Australian operations.
• Response Boat-Small (RB-S) Demonstrator Response Boat-Small (RB-S) demonstrator vessel built for the U.S. Coast Guard.
• Maritime Platform Development and Systems Integration Services Program execution, maritime platform development, and systems integration services delivered to defense customers, including integration of autonomy software (navigation, perception, command and control, mission software) from partners such as Mythos AI for unmanned surface vessel programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully selected as one of seven companies for Navy MUSV at-sea testing phase
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Mythos AIcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 April 2026Birdon America and Mythos AI signed a memorandum of understanding to pursue Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) opportunities for the U.S. Navy. Birdon America provides maritime platform development, systems integration, and program execution capabilities, while Mythos AI serves as the autonomy provider delivering navigation, perception, command and control, and mission software for unmanned surface vessel platforms. The companies aim to advance a mission-capable MUSV design toward production readiness within the calendar year.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Metal Shark Boats: Metal Shark builds welded aluminium and steel patrol boats, Response Boat-Mediums, and other small military craft for the U.S. Coast Guard, Navy, and allied forces. Its product line in small response and patrol craft overlaps directly with Birdon's RB-S and waterways commerce cutter work.
• Bollinger Shipyards: Bollinger is a privately held U.S. shipbuilder on the Gulf Coast that builds cutters, patrol boats, and support vessels for the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy, and is currently constructing Polar Security Cutters. Its Coast Guard franchise, Gulf Coast footprint, and mid-sized vessel focus make it a direct comparable to Birdon's WCC and amphibious programs.
• Austal USA: Austal is an Australia-headquartered shipbuilder with major U.S. operations that builds Independence-class littoral combat ships and expeditionary fast transport vessels for the U.S. Navy, as well as other high-speed aluminium craft. It is the closest peer to Birdon given shared Australia-US footprint, naval/defense focus, and small-to-mid-sized ship category overlap.
• SAFE Boats International: SAFE Boats is a U.S. builder of Response Boat-Small, RB-Medium, and other patrol craft for federal, state, and local agencies. It is a direct peer in the small federal law-enforcement and Coast Guard vessel category where Birdon's RB-S demonstrator competes.

Broad incumbents

• L3Harris Technologies: L3Harris is a large defense prime with growing unmanned surface vessel and autonomy capabilities, including in mine countermeasures USVs and integrated mission systems for naval platforms. It is a broad incumbent competing for autonomy-enabled USV work.
• General Dynamics (Bath Iron Works / NASSCO): General Dynamics operates Bath Iron Works (destroyers) and NASSCO (auxiliary and expeditionary ships) and is a broad naval shipbuilding incumbent that competes for many of the same Navy and Coast Guard program dollars Birdon targets.
• Huntington Ingalls Industries: HII is the largest U.S. military shipbuilder, constructing aircraft carriers, submarines, amphibious ships, and cutters across Ingalls Shipbuilding and Newport News. It is a broad incumbent that competes with Birdon for Coast Guard cutter and Navy vessel work at much greater scale.
• Textron Systems: Textron Systems produces the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) successor and other amphibious and unmanned maritime systems for the U.S. Navy. Its amphibious and unmanned systems portfolio directly overlaps Birdon's amphibious vehicle and MUSV pursuits.

Emerging players

• SeaRobotics: SeaRobotics develops autonomous surface vehicles and autonomy software for hydrographic survey, security, and defense applications. It is an emerging USV/autonomy player that overlaps with Birdon's Mythos-AI-enabled autonomous platform strategy.
• Saildrone: Saildrone builds wind- and solar-powered uncrewed surface vessels primarily for ISR and ocean survey missions, with growing U.S. Navy adoption. It is an emerging player in the same unmanned surface vessel category Birdon is targeting with MUSV.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/birdon.com.au
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/birdon-pty-ltd

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Funding rounds

Investors

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