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Nauticus Robotics announced its successful completion of a live offshore demonstration with the U.S. Navy of its AI-enhanced mine countermeasure vehicle. The achievement advanced Nauticus to the next phase of the Defense Innovation Unit's Autonomous Explosive Ordinance Disposal Maritime Response Vehicle program. The AEMRV represents one of two Nauticus programs with the DIU - a Department of Defense organization that strengthens the national security by accelerating the adoption of leading commercial technology throughout the military and growing the national security innovation base. In February 2022, DIU commissioned Nauticus to transform an existing mine countermeasure platform into an untethered autonomous drone to remotely identify and neutralize subsea mines and other targets of interest and take U.S. Navy EOD divers out of harm's way in the process. Mine warfare is a global threat and can disrupt supply chains, logistics, and critical subsea infrastructure. The Company integrated its software package, toolKITT, into a subsea vehicle used in an existing program of record. The AI-enabled software allows untethered vehicle operations while adhering to open architecture principles. "Our premier software platform, toolKITT, will enable the U.S. Navy to use an enhanced, autonomous vehicle with state-of-the-art adaptive functionality. We are honored to have been given the opportunity and deliver on providing the U.S. Navy with a revolutionary underwater vehicle behaviors that optimizes both functionality and safety," said Nicolaus Radford, CEO of Nauticus. "We are committed to supporting DIU to bring autonomy to the forefront of defense problem-solving."

Nauticus Robotics completed the competitive first phase of the Defense Innovation Unit Amphibious Autonomous Response Vehicle program and is advancing toward the next milestone. Within this multi-million dollar contract award, previously announced in October 2022, DIU, in partnership with Marine Corps Systems Command and the Office of the Deputy DoD CTO for Mission Capabilities, commissioned Nauticus to adapt the company's inventory of commercialized technologies and to quickly develop a new autonomous mine countermeasure robot for use in surf zones and beach areas to support the U.S. Marine Corps during amphibious operations. Nauticus' novel implementation includes a robot capable of not only swimming, but also crawling out of the surf and onto the beach. The solution utilizes the Company's autonomous command and control software platform, ToolKITT, and combines several mature technologies such as machine vision, autonomous mission planning, and acoustic data networking onto an amphibious robotic vehicle hull that can collect intelligence and identify potential hazards. ToolKITT, which also serves as the foundation of Nauticus' flagship robot Aquanaut, was specifically designed to enable autonomous actions, agonistic to the robotic platform.

Nauticus Robotics announced the commencement of commissioning exercises of the first of three second-generation Aquanauts, dubbed the 'Mark 2.' Following commissioning, Nauticus expects to send the initial Aquanaut MK2 units to the North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico in the coming months to support customer initiatives in those regions. The Aquanaut MK2 is a fully electric, untethered and autonomous subsea robot that is controlled through acoustic communication networking and underpinned by Nauticus' proprietary software suite, toolKITT. "The delivery of our initial second-generation Aquanauts is a significant milestone that accelerates our mission to disrupt the offshore ocean services industry while setting a benchmark for next-generation subsea technology that will fundamentally revolutionize how the industry operates," said Nicolaus Radford, founder and CEO of Nauticus. "Our autonomous ocean robots and proprietary AI software provide a compelling solution to the marine industry, validated on a recurring basis with the continued interest and robust growth of our commercial pipeline. This splashdown allows us to remain on track to deliver two additional Aquanauts by mid-year, which are already committed to fulfill customer demands, as we continue to execute on our commercial pipeline and expand the breadth of our world-class portfolio."