October 15, 2025 – Today, Metal Shark, a Louisiana-based boat builder and major supplier for the U.S. Armed Forces and allies, and HavocAI, the leading builder of maritime swarm autonomy, announced a strategic partnership integrating Havoc’s proven collaborative autonomy platform across Metal Shark’s existing fleet of High Speed Maneuverable Unmanned Surface Vessels (HSMUSVs). This first-of-its-kind deployment further demonstrates that the autonomous maritime capabilities required to defend the United States are real, and they’re available right now.
Already deployed with the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army, and used in live operational settings by multiple international allies, Havoc’s collaborative autonomy technology will allow a single operator to quickly and effectively conduct complex operations involving multiple Metal Shark HSMUSVs simultaneously. This technology enables unprecedented interoperability and lethality through autonomous, intelligent boat swarms that overwhelm adversaries. Metal Shark has won multiple major U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and Marine Corps contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars to produce various patrol boats. The company is currently producing the U.S. Navy’s next-generation 40 PB combatant craft, and 85’ Near Coastal Patrol Vessels, establishing itself as a key supplier of welded aluminum military vessels to the Navy and other branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.