US Navy Announces Seven Companies Selected for MUSV Marketplace At-Sea Demonstrations

1 June 2026

US Navy Sea Hunter USV. (Image credit: US Navy)

The Department of the Navy announced that it has selected seven companies’ entries to advance to the at-sea testing phase of the medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV) marketplace.

The seven companies selected to participate in the MUSV Family of Systems development are:

Sea Machines
Leidos
Saronic Technologies
Galliano Marine Services
PacMar Technologies
Birdon
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)

Companies whose MUSV successfully completes the at-sea test will receive $15 million and will be eligible for follow-on production. At-sea testing will begin next month and should be complete by October 2026.

The Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE), Robotics and Autonomous Systems’ (RAS) mission is to deliver hedge capabilities that expand naval power, increase operational persistence, and impose operational dilemmas that degrade adversary tempo and freedom of action.

The MUSV marketplace creates new opportunities for smaller, non-traditional shipyards to build our future fleet. This initiative represents a strategic shift in naval acquisition, designed to rapidly field unmanned technologies by leveraging mature, existing commercial solutions.