Strydent Autonomous Technologies is excited to announce that has entered a development agreement to develop prototype AUVs. Under the terms of the development agreement, our partner will design and construct fully functional AUV prototypes including the following capabilities: (1) modular design for low-cost, edge manufacturing; (2) encrypted real-time data communications; (3) optical, vision proximity systems to allow real-time intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; (4) sea/air/land communications to allow communications from AUVs to surface, aerial, and land operators; (5) autonomous navigation to allow the AUVs to complete mission objectives without continuous operator control; and (6) swarm capability for large-scale fielding.
About STRYDENT AUTONOMOUS
Strydent Autonomous is a defense technology company developing low-cost, attritable autonomous underwater vehicle swarms that can be deployed at scale for the U.S. military and allied forces. Founded in February 2025 by experienced business leaders and special operators with expertise in the underwater maritime domain, Strydent designs its autonomous underwater vehicles For the Operator By the Operator. Its SPEAR-1 AUV is a low-cost, compact, man-portable, attritable platform measuring approximately 1 meter and weighing less than 10 kilograms. It is being developed for deployment in swarms of tens of thousands of units to provide real-time intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, with optional kinetic capabilities across the entire undersea maritime kill chain. Strydent’s proprietary Poseidon™ software enables autonomous AUV operations and supports man-on-the-loop control through an ATAK interface.