Under the agreement, SES will promote and represent Cellula’s full AUV portfolio—including the Envoy, Porter, and Guardian AUVs, the Subsea Warden Hovering AUV for ship signature management, and the Subsea Sentinel system for passive acoustic monitoring—in both commercial and scientific sectors. SES will focus on customers in academic research, offshore survey, and geophysical industries, while FLANQ will engage with defense, maritime security, and government clients.

This new partnership will support customers in Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland, offering local expertise and direct access to Cellula’s underwater platforms and sensors.

Richard Mills, Chief Commercial Officer at Cellula Robotics, said: “We have worked with SES and FLANQ Co-Founders Sören Themann and Daniel Esser for many years now. We’ve watched Subsea Europe’s strong, year-on-year growth and been impressed with their successful launch of FLANQ in 2024. Their laser focus on the customer’s mission and exceptional support and service made today’s announcement a natural step. We have full confidence in their team’s professionalism and commitment to delivering for our organization.”

Daniel Esser, Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Subsea Services Europe and FLANQ, added: “We’re excited to join forces with Cellula Robotics in Europe. They have an immensely impressive product portfolio—a portfolio that aligns perfectly with the challenges Europe is facing now across the maritime domain. Everything from trading challenges to protecting critical undersea infrastructure and strengthening sovereign defense capability.”

“As Richard has mentioned, Sören and I know the Cellula leadership team very well, and we know they understand, respect, and fully support their channel partners in the market. We know this team will excel together by focusing on delivering reliable solutions that deliver operational and domain advantage to our clients in energy, science, and defense.”