Kraken will deliver 20 of its UK-built advanced modular USVs for the Royal Navy’s Surface Flotilla (SURFLOT). Under Project Beehive, Kraken will also support SURFLOT in training, tactical and warfare development, and in building the foundations for further uses of autonomous and uncrewed technology. Kraken was designed from the ground up to be entirely interoperable by adopting full Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA) from its outset, along with a modular payload approach.

This MOD contract is further validation of Kraken’s proven capabilities and follows the recent Other Transaction Authority (OTA) award by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) against developments in a similar environment.…