Maritime startups in Europe

Builds modular, open-architecture uncrewed surface vessels such as K3 Scout, K5 Kraken and K7 Sabre for surveillance, force protection and strike missions.

Builds compact underwater drones, inspection robots and wireless optical communication for subsea monitoring and infrastructure security.

Develops snake-like autonomous underwater vehicles for subsea inspection, maintenance and repair.

Builds Scout, a compact solar-powered autonomous surface vessel, and Tether fleet command software for maritime security and anti-submarine warfare.

Develops autonomous surface vessels and autonomy software for ISR and maritime patrol in coastal and offshore waters.

Develops autonomous underwater drones for port security, mine countermeasures, hydrography and critical infrastructure inspection.

Ukrainian-founded, UK-headquartered maker of combat-proven uncrewed air, land and sea systems, including Magura naval drones.

Develops autonomous uncrewed surface vessels for defence and commercial offshore data acquisition.

Builds the Nautilus subsea robot that creates a dry habitat underwater to inspect and repair pipelines, risers and hulls, including 3D-printed metal repairs.

Develops remotely operated and autonomous underwater vehicles for seabed mapping, unexploded ordnance detection and hull cleaning.

Builds autonomous all electric submarine motherships deploying ROVs, remotely controlled from shore, for subsea inspection, maintenance and repair.

IMAS edge AI system giving real time onboard guidance and fleet analytics for crewed and uncrewed naval and patrol vessels.

Maritime search and rescue company offering ZOE AI man overboard detection, the Swift recovery conveyor and the Guardian uncrewed rescue vessel.

Makes portable underwater drones (ROVs) used by navies, coast guards and military engineers for inspection and mine countermeasures.

Belgian maritime tech firm building multi-sensor surveillance above and below water, fusing radar, cameras, infrared and fibre acoustic sensing for critical infrastructure.

Developing modular micro nuclear reactors and nuclear propulsion for ships, naval and seabed operations and other extreme environments.

Builds passive acoustic sensor networks to detect and classify underwater activity, including uncrewed underwater vehicles.