Advanced Marine Vehicles

What Advanced Marine Vehicles does

Advanced Marine Vehicles (AMV), founded in 2017 as a subsidiary of naval engineering firm Tridentis, LLC and headquartered in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, designs, develops, and deploys autonomous and unmanned marine vehicles for government and commercial customers. Its product portfolio comprises three core lines: the Autonomous Coastal Monitor (ACM), a long-dwell surface vessel built on a proprietary SWATH hull with integrated solar-electric propulsion enabling 24/7 operation; the Bottom Feeder, a patented autonomous undersea vehicle (AUV/ROV) with dual-mode thruster technology rated to 1,000 m depth; and Soft Capture, a patented universal launch and recovery system for gliders and UUVs. Technology development has been funded through self-funded efforts and multiple SBIR contracts with NOAA and other federal agencies, with technologies at TRL 3 to TRL 7.

AMV monetizes its capabilities through three acquisition channels: outright purchase with customization, short- or long-term lease, and Data as a Service (DaaS) — the most popular model — where AMV configures, maintains, and operates craft on the customer's behalf for a setup fee plus day rate. Go-to-market is sales-led, targeting federal and state government agencies (NOAA being the named anchor) and commercial marine operators requiring environmental monitoring, surveillance, communications relay, and inspection capabilities. Recent activity includes the August 2024 launch of the Ghost Hunter project for autonomous identification of derelict crab traps in Chesapeake Bay using AI/ML-processed sonar data under a NOAA SBIR contract, alongside a refreshed company website.

Name

Advanced Marine Vehicles

Legal name

Tridentis Advanced Marine Vehicles, LLC

Website

https://advancedmarinevehicles.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Advanced Marine Vehicles (AMV) designs and deploys autonomous surface and undersea marine vehicles — including the ACM, Bottom Feeder, and Soft Capture systems — serving primarily U.S. government agencies such as NOAA through SBIR contracts, with commercial marine monitoring as a secondary segment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Autonomous Marine Vehicles

NAICS

Ship and Boat Building (3366), Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511), Ship Building and Repairing (336611)

SIC

Ship & Boat Building & Repairing (3730), Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)

akta.pro primary industry

Maritime Unmanned Systems (USV/UUV) & Control Stations (IMABAKAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Unmanned Naval Vessels (USV/UUV) (IMAJABAH), Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) & Autonomous Maritime Surface Platforms (IMABAIAE), Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) & Autonomous Submersible Manufacturing (IMAJAOAC), Marine & Underwater Robotics (USVs/UUVs) (HDAAAIAH)

Keywords

• Autonomous marine vehicles
• Unmanned surface vessels
• Autonomous undersea vehicles
• Marine data acquisition
• Launch and recovery systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Kailua Kona

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Product Sales (Purchase): Customers purchase autonomous marine vehicles outright. AMV's team of naval architects and engineers tailor basic technologies to suit specific requirements. High-volume series construction available through network of suppliers and fabricators.
2. Equipment Lease: Short- or long-term lease arrangements for customers preferring not to own vehicles. Lease terms structured to meet budget limitations with varying degrees of service and support provided by AMV.
3. Data as a Service (DaaS): AMV manages all craft configuration, maintenance, and operation to meet customer marine data acquisition needs. Most popular acquisition model with basic setup fee and day rate structure. AMV acquires and integrates sensors, plans mission operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Advanced Marine Vehicles (AMV) designs, develops, and deploys autonomous and unmanned marine vehicles for surface and undersea missions. Its portfolio includes the Autonomous Coastal Monitor (ACM) surface vessel, the Bottom Feeder undersea vehicle, and the Soft Capture launch/recovery system. Customers acquire capabilities through outright purchase, equipment lease, or Data as a Service arrangements for marine data gathering, surveillance, communications, and inspection.

Product overview

Advanced Marine Vehicles offers a portfolio of autonomous marine systems including three core product lines: the Autonomous Coastal Monitor (ACM) for surface data gathering missions, the Bottom Feeder for undersea operations, and Soft Capture for universal launch/recovery of undersea vehicles. These products share an open architecture design methodology and COTS components for supply chain resilience. Customers can acquire capabilities through purchase, lease, or Data as a Service models. All technologies may be customized to meet specific mission requirements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Autonomous Coastal Monitor™ (ACM™): Long-dwell autonomous surface vessel employing a highly stable SWATH hull form for marine data gathering, surveillance, and communications missions.
• Bottom Feeder™
• Soft Capture™
• Ghost Hunter™

Products and services

• Autonomous Coastal Monitor (ACM) Long-dwell autonomous surface vessel employing a highly stable SWATH hull form with integrated solar-electric power and propulsion. Designed for marine data gathering, surveillance, and communications missions, supporting 24/7 operation at 2-3 knots with an open architecture for sensor integration.
• Bottom Feeder Patented autonomous undersea vehicle integrating fast swim and high-maneuverability modes in a single craft. Features dual-mode thruster technology, modular mission bay, deployable fiber optic tether with floating antenna for surface communications, rated for up to 1,000 meter depth, with up to 12 hours of continuous operation.
• Soft Capture Patented universal launch and recovery system for gliders and UUVs with cylindrical shapes. Dramatically reduces or eliminates direct human involvement in launch and recovery operations, inherently centers craft and mitigates relative motions, and can be used as an end effector on a crane, davit, frame, or integrated on catamaran/SWATH-type hull.
• Purchase (Direct Vehicle Sales) Outright ownership option for AMV's autonomous marine vehicles. Naval architects and engineers tailor basic technologies to suit specific requirements, with delivery through a network of suppliers supporting single craft or high-volume series construction.
• Equipment Lease Short- or long-term lease arrangements enabling customers to use AMV technology without owning the vehicles. Terms can be structured to meet budget limitations and varying degrees of service and support provided by AMV.
• Data as a Service (DaaS) Managed service in which AMV handles all craft configuration, maintenance, and operation to meet customer marine data acquisition needs. Includes a basic setup fee and day rate structure, with AMV acquiring and integrating required sensors and working with customers to plan mission operations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 12-20% of hundreds of thousands of pots deployed in Chesapeake Bay annually are lost to ghost pot problem
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature7 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ThayerMahan: ThayerMahan provides autonomous maritime surveillance and undersea search solutions to U.S. government and commercial customers using USVs/UUVs. Closely comparable to AMV's defense/SBIR-focused GTM and surface+subsurface autonomous offerings.
• Saildrone: Saildrone builds wind- and solar-powered autonomous surface vessels for ocean data collection, defense, and metocean missions. Directly comparable to AMV's ACM product line in terms of long-endurance unmanned surface platforms for government and commercial survey customers.
• Ocean Infinity: Ocean Infinity operates large fleets of autonomous surface and underwater vehicles for geophysical, hydrographic, and search/recovery surveys globally. Comparable to AMV's Bottom Feeder for subsea survey missions and AMV's DaaS business model of selling marine data instead of vehicles.
• Sea Machines Robotics: Sea Machines develops autonomous control and perception systems for commercial marine vessels, including USV command-and-control software and autonomy retrofits. Comparable to AMV's open-architecture, COLREGS-compliant autonomy stack and government/commercial marine customer base.
• Liquid Robotics (a Boeing company): Liquid Robotics produces the Wave Glider, a wave- and solar-powered autonomous surface platform for persistent ocean data gathering. Closely parallels AMV's ACM long-dwell, solar-electric surface vessel concept and similar DoD/NOAA-style mission profiles.

Emerging players

• Bedrock Ocean Exploration: Bedrock Ocean builds autonomous underwater vehicles and a cloud-based data platform for subsea survey, selling seafloor data as a service to offshore wind and infrastructure customers. Comparable to AMV's Bottom Feeder for AUV-based surveys and AMV's DaaS commercial model.
• Anduril Industries: Anduril is a well-capitalized defense autonomy company expanding from aerial and ground autonomy into maritime domains (e.g., Dive-LD, Ghost Shark). Comparable to AMV as a peer in defense autonomy targeting U.S. government customers, though at a vastly larger scale and capital base.

Broad incumbents

• Teledyne Marine: Teledyne Marine is a broad incumbent supplying underwater vehicles, sonar, sensors, and imaging systems across commercial, scientific, and defense markets. Overlaps with AMV's Bottom Feeder AUV/ROV platform and AMV's integration of commercial sonars into autonomous survey solutions.
• Kongsberg Maritime: Kongsberg Maritime is a large incumbent offering Hugin AUVs, USVs, and subsea sensors with strong defense and offshore-energy customer relationships. Comparable to AMV in the underwater autonomy category but with substantially greater scale and program-of-record footprint.
• Huntington Ingalls Industries / HII (Hydroid): HII's Hydroid subsidiary manufactures REMUS-series AUVs for naval and commercial customers, making it a broad incumbent in small/medium UUVs directly comparable to AMV's Bottom Feeder undersea platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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