Manufactures modular satellite buses: Maxar 300 (high-power lightweight for proliferated LEO), Maxar 500 (mid-size scalable), Maxar 1300 (customizable high-power); Earth observation platforms (WorldView Legion: sub-30 cm resolution imaging); supports GEO/LEO constellations with propulsion, power, structures for imaging/intelligence missions.
RSF defines a common language for robot service capability, lifecycle operations, certification pathways, and service-provider networks.
Ukraine’s ‘Sub Sea Baby’ autonomous torpedo struck a Russian Kilo-class submarine inside Novorossiysk harbour in December 2025 — the first confirmed underwater drone attack on a submarine in history. The U.S. Navy is requesting $5.3 billion for unmanned maritime systems in FY2026, a 70 percent year-on-year increase. Saronic Technologies went from prototype to $392 million production contract in under 12 months. And DARPA’s Manta Ray XL-UUV completed full-scale sea trials. This article maps the maritime autonomous systems revolution — from Ukraine’s improvised Black Sea fleet to the Pentagon’s hybrid manned–unmanned force of the 2030s, and from Saronic’s Franklin, Louisiana shipyard to Boeing’s 85-tonne robot submarine.
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