What Chance Maritime Technologies does

Chance Maritime Technologies is a privately held designer, builder, operator, and seller of long-endurance, high-power uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) headquartered at a 12,000 sq-ft production facility in Lafayette, Louisiana, founded in 2022 by Stuart Chance. The company serves commercial hydrographic survey firms, oceanographic and environmental monitoring organizations, federal science and defense agencies, and academic research institutions — most prominently NOAA, NAVSEA Warfare Centers, Woolpert, Woods Hole Group, Comtech, HydroTerra, USF COMIT, and LSU Engineering.

The product portfolio comprises three USV platforms unified by a proprietary autonomy software stack: the MC29 (29 ft, 30+ day endurance), the MC40 (40 ft, 90+ day endurance and over 9,000 nm range), and the LR30 (30 ft, hydrographic-optimized with a 12-ft climate-controlled payload bay). Core technical differentiators include direct-drive diesel propulsion (delivering continuous kilowatt-level payload power unavailable in solar/battery competitors), active gyrostabilization for data quality in heavy seas, multi-Starlink over-the-horizon command and control, and modular payload bays supporting 40+ integrated sensor configurations. The Clarity ISR suite, integrated with the DoD-standard Team Awareness Kit (TAK), is the company's primary defense-vertical software product.

Revenue is generated through three concurrent streams: hardware sales (USV purchase), managed services (COCO — Contractor Owned/Contractor Operated — charter and lease with 24/7 professional USV pilots), and custom engineering / payload integration services. Pricing is quote-based with no public rates disclosed. Federal contract activity has been the primary commercial engine, anchored by a $22.5M NOAA IDIQ (Sept 2023) and a $21.6M NOAA LR30 procurement (May 2026). The company is founder-led and, per available materials, has not raised outside venture or private equity capital.

Name

Chance Maritime Technologies

Legal name

Chance Maritime Technologies

Website

https://chancemaritime.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chance Maritime Technologies designs, builds, operates, and sells long-endurance, high-power uncrewed surface vessels (MC29, MC40, LR30) for NOAA, NAVSEA, hydrographic survey firms, and academic researchers, using a proprietary GAR autonomy stack.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Unmanned Surface Vehicles

NAICS

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

SIC

Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812), Water Transportation (4400)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Maritime Unmanned Systems (USV/UUV) & Control Stations (IMABAKAJ), Unmanned Naval Vessels (USV/UUV) (IMAJABAH), Marine & Underwater Robotics (USVs/UUVs) (HDAAAIAH)

Keywords

• Uncrewed surface vehicles
• Autonomous maritime systems
• Hydrographic survey vessels
• Marine robotics engineering
• USV charter services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lafayette

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, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. USV Charter and Leasing Services: Charter or lease USVs with professional USV pilots included to execute missions for long-term operations or short-term experimentation. Includes 24/7 USV operators and seamless integration with customer equipment and data operations.
2. USV Sales: Direct sale of USV platforms including MC29, MC40, and LR30 models. Customers can purchase tailored solutions optimized for specific mission requirements.
3. Custom Engineering and Payload Integration: Custom-engineered solutions to integrate customer payloads into USV platforms. Includes concept of operation development, drive system integration, auxiliary system integration, operational procedures, training, and maintenance.
4. Training and Consulting: Extensive USV knowledge conveyed on-site or in-office for periodic refresher courses or training for new USV systems.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Chance Maritime Technologies designs, builds, operates, and sells long-endurance high-power autonomous boats (uncrewed surface vehicles or USVs). Its commercial offering includes three USV platforms — the MC29 (29-foot), MC40 (40-foot), and LR30 (30-foot) — sold or leased under charter arrangements with professional pilots and 24/7 operators for hydrographic survey, oceanographic monitoring, environmental sensing, and defense/security missions. The company also delivers custom payload integration, engineering, training, and consulting services.

Product overview

Chance Maritime Technologies designs, builds, operates, and sells long-endurance high-power autonomous boats (USVs) making offshore operations more efficient. The product portfolio consists of three distinct USV platforms: the MC29 (Mission Capable 29, 29 ft, 30+ days endurance), the MC40 (Mission Capable 40, 40 ft, 90+ days endurance), and the LR30 (Long Range 30, 30 ft, optimized for hydrographic and fisheries survey). All USV platforms run on the proprietary GAR (Guidance, Autonomy, and Remote) software stack, with the Clarity ISR Suite available for defense and security applications. Commercial models include purchase, COCO charter, and lease options. The company provides expert USV services including 24/7 operators, payload integration, and custom engineering solutions for hydrography, geophysical surveys, marine construction, environmental conservation, and defense applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MC29 (Mission Capable 29) A 29-foot high-power long-endurance uncrewed surface vehicle capable of 20+ days of continuous operation at sea, featuring an interior moon pool for custom payloads, active gyro stabilization, and kilowatts of continuously available payload power. Road-trailerable for rapid deployment, designed for hydrographic survey, offshore energy, metocean data, and defense applications.
• MC40 (Mission Capable 40) A 40-foot high-power extreme long-endurance USV capable of 90+ days of continuous operation at sea and over 9,000 nautical miles of range. Features an interior moon pool and large aft mission bay for payload deployment, profiling, or towed sensors; active gyrostabilizer extends data collection into higher sea states; and hosts four Starlink systems simultaneously for high-bandwidth over-the-horizon operations.
• LR30 (Long Range 30) A 30-foot USV optimized for long-endurance hydrographic and fisheries survey, featuring a climate-controlled 12-foot payload bay with integrated 19-inch rack offering AC and DC power options, modular deck rails, and sloped deck with winches for profiling sensors. Supports hard-mounted, retracted, or towed sensor configurations and a dual-pick-point-stab system enabling davit launch and recovery from a mothership.
• USV Charter, Lease, and Sale Services Commercial offerings providing Chance Maritime USVs through multiple engagement models: charter under COCO (Contractor Owned/Contractor Operated) arrangements, lease, and direct purchase. Services bundle vessel provision with 24/7 USV operators and expert USV pilots to ensure mission success, available with or without customer-provided payloads.
• Custom Engineered Solutions Custom-engineered USV solutions including concept of operation development, payload-driven solution design, drive system integration (engines, rudders, jets), auxiliary system integration, operational procedures, training, and maintenance. Team has integrated over 40 different payloads onto various USVs.
• USV Training and Consulting Comprehensive training and consulting services delivered on-site or in-office, covering USV operational knowledge, periodic refresher courses, and training for new USV systems, supporting both commercial and government clients adopting unmanned surface vessel technology.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3,000 unmanned operational hours accumulated in 2025 across Gulf of America, east coast, and Great Lakes
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• WoolpertcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 May 2026Strategic partnership for fully uncrewed offshore hydrographic survey missions. Woolpert deploys Chance Maritime's MC40 and MC29 USVs equipped with Woolpert's multibeam sonar for NOAA charting projects. Collaboration collects 1,391 square nautical miles of high-resolution hydrographic survey data. Builds on previous hybrid crewed/uncrewed survey operations.
• Woods Hole GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 January 2026Collaboration on FAST Eddy Loop Current monitoring using Chance MC40 USV. Woods Hole Group's automated FAST Eddy system with Teledyne ADCPs installed on Chance Maritime's MC40. Completed record-breaking 38-day, 4,000+ nautical mile uninterrupted operation. Partnership enables truly autonomous ocean current monitoring without stopping or refueling.
• NAVSEA Warfare Centers (NSWC/NUWC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 August 2025Participation in Silent Swarm 2025 exercise demonstrating MC40 capabilities. Chance MC40 was largest USV carrying heaviest payloads (1,200 lb, 6 kW) in the exercise. Demonstrated multi-payload ISR and EW mission capabilities for Navy maritime autonomy testing.
• USF COMIT (Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2025Collaboration to collect backscatter calibration site data off Tampa Bay using LR30 USV. Multi-payload integration with Kongsberg EM2040P multibeam and EK80 WBT Mini split-beam sonars. Remote operations center established at COMIT facility in St. Petersburg, FL. Partnership advances safe and efficient ocean survey methods.
• R2SoniccoreTechnology or Integration · 3 February 2025Integration partnership for R2Sonic Sonic 2022-V+ multibeam on MC29 USV. 2-day mobilization and patch testing achieved. Remotely operable ram deployment system integrated. Validated in inland lake and offshore Vermilion Bay operations.
• ComtechcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025Partnership to integrate Comtech's Multipath Radio (MPR) on long-endurance USV for multi-domain maritime operations. MPR tested at Silent Swarm exercise achieving 70+ mile beyond-line-of-sight link with 30Mbps bidirectional throughput and sub-7ms latency. Integration extends to airborne unmanned systems.
• LSU EngineeringstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 November 2024Collaboration on uncrewed underwater research using USV to deploy ROVs for marine environment monitoring. LSU's ROV (rated to 300m) deployed from Chance Maritime's USV with images processed into 3D models for habitat assessment and infrastructure inspection. Research supports ocean conservation and climate resilience.
• AUVSI (Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International)strategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 October 2024Founding member of AUVSI Maritime Trusted Operator Program establishing industry benchmarks for training providers and operators of maritime uncrewed systems. CEO Stuart Chance and CTO Michael Scherer serve on founding committee.
• USF COMITstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 June 2024Partnership to collect crowdsourced bathymetry data for improved seafloor understanding. Data published publicly to International Hydrographic Organization database for researchers.
• HydroTerra TechnologiescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 17 June 2024Partnership delivering bathymetric survey services to Louisiana CPRA. HydroTerra utilized Chance Maritime's MC-29 for 670 nautical mile survey in Southwest Louisiana. MC-29 operated continuously 24 hours/day in shallow 3-20ft waters through 5-foot seas, delivering data for coastal restoration planning.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ocean Infinity: Ocean Infinity operates the largest commercial fleet of unmanned surface and underwater vehicles for offshore survey, hydrography, and data services — directly comparable to Chance Maritime's managed-services COCO charter offering.
• Maritime Tactical Systems (MARTAC): MARTAC designs and builds a range of USVs (e.g., Devil Ray, MANTAS) for defense, ISR, and mine countermeasures missions, making it a direct competitor to Chance Maritime in the DoD USV space including NAVSEA exercises like Silent Swarm.
• Liquid Robotics (a Boeing Company): Liquid Robotics produces the Wave Glider, a wave- and solar-powered USV for persistent ocean data collection and maritime domain awareness, competing with Chance Maritime on long-endurance survey and surveillance contracts.
• ThayerMahan: ThayerMahan develops autonomous maritime systems for coastal security, undersea infrastructure monitoring, and DoD maritime domain awareness, overlapping with Chance Maritime's defense and undersea infrastructure use cases.
• Sea-Kit International: Sea-Kit designs and operates long-range, low-emission unmanned surface vessels for hydrographic survey, offshore operations, and defense — a direct competitor in the X-class / larger USV segment adjacent to Chance Maritime's MC40.
• Saildrone: Saildrone builds and operates a global fleet of wind- and solar-powered uncrewed surface vehicles for ocean data collection, hydrographic survey, and maritime domain awareness — directly competing with Chance Maritime's USV-as-a-service model for government and science customers.

Emerging players

• Bedrock Ocean: Bedrock Ocean provides autonomous ocean surveying and hydrographic data services, directly comparable to Chance Maritime's commercial COCO charter and survey services for government and offshore energy customers.

Others

• Teledyne Marine: Teledyne Marine is a leading supplier of sonar, ADCP, and oceanographic instruments integrated onto USVs (including Chance Maritime's MC40 for the FAST Eddy mission), making it a key technology partner and adjacent enabler in the autonomous hydrographic survey stack.

Broad incumbents

• Anduril Industries: Anduril has rapidly expanded into autonomous maritime systems (Dive-LD, Dive-XL, Bolt-M) and is competing for DoD autonomy programs where Chance Maritime is participating, making it a deep-pocketed adjacent incumbent.
• L3Harris Technologies (ASV Global): L3Harris acquired ASV Global — where Chance Maritime's founders and CTO built their USV experience — and is now a major prime offering USV platforms to defense customers globally, making it both a competitor and a likely acquirer of the founders' new venture.

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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