Liquid Robotics

Liquid Robotics designs and manufactures Wave Glider, a wave- and solar-powered uncrewed ocean robot for long-duration ocean data collection and communications. The company is a Boeing subsidiary and supports scientific, commercial and defense maritime missions.

Facts

Segment: Maritime Robotics
Country: United States
Founded: 2007
Website: https://www.liquid-robotics.com

Market context

Wave Glider is a long-endurance USV platform used for persistent ocean data collection and remote maritime operations.

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Autonomous marine data collection - Capability - Wave Glider persistent ocean data collection.

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Products

Wave Glider (SV3)

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1 commercial event; 1 contract award; 1 named customer; $25M disclosed obligated value; latest event 2026-02-17

2026-02-17 - Contract award - Liquid Robotics Secures $25M DoD Contract for 20 USVs - Japan (Foreign Military Sales) - $25M obligated - source: news.clearancejobs.com

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Supply

PNI Sensor - Inbound - Positioning & Navigation - PNI RM3100 sensors are used on Liquid Robotics Wave Glider unmanned surface vehicles for heading, pitch, roll and motion tracking - source: pnisensor.com

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Timeline

2026-02-17 - Contract Award - Liquid Robotics Secures $25M DoD Contract for 20 USVs - On February 17, 2026, the U.S. Department of Defense awarded Liquid Robotics Inc. a $25 million contract to supply 20 commercial unmanned surface vehicles to Japan under a Foreign Military Sales program. The contract includes control software, payload… - source: news.clearancejobs.com
2025-05-20 - Product Launch - Liquid Robotics launches Wave Glider SV5 USV - The SV5 is over five meters long and supports multiple payloads and complex configurations. The platform more than triples hull payload capacity compared with Wave Glider SV3. Liquid Robotics began accepting orders with initial customer deliveries scheduled… - source: liquid-robotics.com
2024-06-25 - Research Publication - ECC paper models sea-state interaction for the Liquid Robotics Wave Glider platform - The 2024 European Control Conference paper develops a sea-state-interaction Lagrangian dynamic model for the Liquid Robotics Wave Glider platform. The work models how wave conditions affect the platform dynamics used for control and planning. This is… - source: doi.org

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Research

DANS20 field trial paper evaluates full autonomy for the Liquid Robotics Wave Glider - 2021-09-20 - Research Publication - The OCEANS 2021 paper reports field results from the DANS20 trial using a Liquid Robotics Wave Glider. The paper focuses on making the Wave Glider fully autonomous in field conditions. This is product-bound external… - source: doi.org
IROS paper predicts Wave Glider speed from wave-model data - 2014-09-01 - Research Publication - The IROS 2014 paper models Wave Glider speed prediction from wave-model data. The work targets operational planning for a wave-powered autonomous surface vehicle whose motion depends on sea-state conditions. This is… - source: doi.org
IFAC paper details communications architecture for the Liquid Robotics Wave Glider - 2012-01-01 - Research Publication - The IFAC Proceedings paper focuses on the communications architecture of the Liquid Robotics Wave Glider. The paper adds systems-level context for long-duration autonomous surface-vehicle operation and remote monitoring.… - source: doi.org

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Team

Shane Goodenough - CEO

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Relations

Boeing - Current Parent - Boeing acquired Liquid Robotics, which continues to operate and sell the Wave Glider platform under its established brand.
Japan Foreign Military Sales customer - Customer - Liquid Robotics $25 million DoD contract to supply 20 USVs to Japan.

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