Covelya Group
"A safer, more sustainable world through engineering excellence and innovation"
UK subsea technology group of six sonar and marine-sensor firms, formed around Sonardyne in 2020 and acquired by Kraken Robotics for $615M in 2026.
Covelya Group is a UK-based holding company for six underwater and marine-sensing technology businesses, formed on March 2, 2020, when the entity was incorporated as Sonardyne Group Limited before being renamed Covelya Group Limited in September 2021. The group's registered office is Ocean House at Blackbushe Business Park in Yateley, Hampshire, the same site that houses Sonardyne International's production facilities and engineering and commercial support teams. The group was built around Sonardyne, a long-established provider of underwater acoustic positioning, navigation, and communication systems used by autonomous underwater vehicles and crewed survey vessels. Covelya subsequently brought five additional specialist companies under common ownership: EIVA, a Danish supplier of maritime survey and autonomous-operations software; Forcys, a naval underwater technology business with over 50 years of engineering history; Wavefront Systems, founded in 2004 and focused on underwater detection and imaging sonar; Voyis Imaging, which develops underwater optical and laser scanning systems; and Chelsea Technologies, which supplies sensors and monitoring systems for marine, environmental, and defense applications. Across the group, Covelya employs close to 750 staff across roughly 12 facilities in North America, South America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region, serving customers in defense, offshore energy, and ocean science research. In 2026, Covelya became the subject of one of the largest transactions in the subsea robotics sector when Canadian marine technology company Kraken Robotics agreed to acquire the group for approximately $615 million (reported as roughly CA$615 million in some coverage), a deal that closed later that year according to Kraken's own announcements and coverage from The Robot Report, BetaKit, and Marine Technology News. The acquisition was framed by Kraken as a move to expand its subsea defense technology portfolio by combining Covelya's positioning, sonar, and imaging product lines with Kraken's existing synthetic aperture sonar and unmanned underwater vehicle businesses. Covelya's public-facing description of its purpose centers on contributing to 'a safer, more sustainable world through engineering excellence and innovation,' and the group markets itself as fostering synergistic partnerships among its constituent operating companies rather than as a single unified product brand. Specific founding or contact details for the individual operating companies beyond Sonardyne and Wavefront Systems are not disclosed on the group's corporate website.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Sentinel IDS (Wavefront Systems)
Active/passive intruder detection sonar from group company Wavefront Systems, tracking divers and UUVs across zones up to 3,000m diameter.
SPRINT-Nav (Sonardyne)
Group company Sonardyne's all-in-one INS/DVL navigation unit for AUVs, USVs, ROVs and SDVs, rated to 4,000m or 6,000m depth.
Insight Pro (Voyis)
Group company Voyis' subsea laser scanner generating real-time 3D point clouds for pipeline inspection, 1.5-15m scan range.
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Contact Covelya Group
WEBSITE
https://covelya.com/HEADQUARTERS
United Kingdom
Company Facts
Founded
2020
Primary Role
Manufacturer
Company Size
employees 500-1000
Primary Region
Europe
Annual Sales
-
Funding Stage
Subsidiary / Acquired
Funding Total
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