Founded and led by James Cerulli, Naval Integrations brings more than 30 years of hands-on experience with autonomous platforms and complex defense systems to maritime engineering work. The Millersville company develops and validates rugged systems for unmanned vessels, ground vehicles, and small craft, with projects ranging from vessel modernization to autonomous conversion.
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BlackSea TechnologiesFounded by former U.S. Navy SEALs and special operations professionals, Baltimore-based BlackSea Technologies builds unmanned maritime systems and provides the operational support to deploy and sustain them. Its GARC surface vessel is already in production at the former Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, where the company says a completed unit currently leaves the line each day. BlackSea pairs that manufacturing work with mission systems such as Mainstay, its open autonomy architecture, and maritime logistics for contested and austere environments.CURTIS BAY, MD
NDI Engineering CompanyFamily-owned since its founding in 1966, NDI Engineering Company is a 270-person firm known for more than six decades of support to U.S. defense agencies and commercial maritime clients. Its work centers on research and consulting engineering, with particular experience in naval hull, mechanical, and electrical systems. NDI maintains an ISO 9001:2015-registered quality system and received the U.S. Small Business Administration Region II Prime Contractor of the Year Award.332912PHILADELPHIA, PA
SYNEXXUS IncFounded in 2006 by American veterans, SYNEXXUS designs, manufactures, and deploys rugged command-and-control systems and autonomous platforms for defense and other infrastructure applications. Its patented Electronic Keel integrates sensors, communications, and computing across tactical vehicles and maritime craft, while the company also builds carbon-fiber vessels and adapts its digital systems for uses such as smart-grid monitoring. SYNEXXUS describes itself as a CMMI Level 3 American electronics designer and manufacturer, with systems combat-proven from Iraq and Afghanistan to NATO operations.ANNAPOLIS, MD
TILT AutonomyTILT Autonomy grew from the Rogue Squadron team that Ryan Beall and Mark Jacobsen founded at the Defense Innovation Unit in 2017, carrying that small-team, warfighter-focused approach into private industry. The company builds autonomous unmanned systems for defense customers, a mission it demonstrated by developing the MARV maritime rescue vehicle with the Air Force’s Blue Horizons program in less than three months.ANNAPOLIS, MD