# Ocean Aero Inc

> Ocean Aero builds the Triton, the world's only autonomous vehicle that both sails on the surface and dives beneath it, powered entirely by sun and wind. Founded by U.S. Navy veterans in 2012 and now headquartered in Gulfport, Mississippi, the company makes long-endurance, crewless ocean robots used by the U.S. Navy and allied partners for surveillance, mine countermeasures, and ocean research, as well as by energy and science customers for seabed mapping and environmental monitoring.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** Gulfport, Mississippi, United States
- **Founders:** U.S. Navy veterans (founding team) (Founders)
- **Team size:** Approximately 72-100 employees ('a team of nearly one hundred people')
- **Products:** TRITON AUSV, Sensor & payload integration, Autonomy & fleet software, Mission-as-a-Service
- **Notable:** Built the world's only solar- and wind-powered vehicle that both sails on the surface and dives beneath it., Selected and tested by the U.S. Navy, operating with Task Force 59 in the Persian Gulf during 2023 experiments., Opened a 63,000-square-foot Gulfport manufacturing facility capable of producing up to 360 Tritons per year.

## Products & services

- **TRITON AUSV** — The world's first and only environmentally powered Autonomous Underwater and Surface Vehicle. Roughly 14.5 ft long, ~775 lbs, powered by 740 watts of solar plus wind. It can sail continuously for up to three months, submerge for up to five days, and reach speeds around five knots, collecting and relaying data above and below the surface.
- **Sensor & payload integration** — Custom multi-sensor payloads including high-resolution cameras, thermal/SWIR imaging, solid-state radar, side-scan and gap-filler sonars, bathymetry sensors, magnetometers, passive towed arrays and water-quality instruments.
- **Autonomy & fleet software** — Autonomous navigation, obstacle and collision avoidance, mission planning, and real-time data relay/communication software for managing single vehicles or fleets.
- **Mission-as-a-Service** — Turn-key data collection and surveillance missions delivered as a service, plus an NRE (non-recurring engineering) model for custom configurations.

## Achievements

- Built the world's only solar- and wind-powered vehicle that both sails on the surface and dives beneath it.
- Selected and tested by the U.S. Navy, operating with Task Force 59 in the Persian Gulf during 2023 experiments.
- Opened a 63,000-square-foot Gulfport manufacturing facility capable of producing up to 360 Tritons per year.
- Raised roughly $60M through Series D, including backing from Lockheed Martin.
- Positioned the Triton as a near-term mine countermeasures and ISR platform for the Navy and allies.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Breaking Defense reports Ocean Aero's Triton minesweeping configuration is 'ready now' for the U.S. Navy after years of evaluation across multiple theaters.
- **2025-05** — Began continuously monitoring the Port of Gulfport for subsea infrastructure and seabed change detection using Triton payloads (bathymetry, side-scan sonar, magnetometers).
- **2024-12** — Closed a $25M Series D round, bringing total funding to roughly $60.1M.
- **2023-10** — Showcased the Triton and opened its Gulfport facility at the Port of Gulfport grand opening.

## Links

- Website: https://oceanaero.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/ocean-aero-inc

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Last updated: 2026-06-13