Unprecedented Performance and Scaled Production Capacity Position Company to Meet Surging Demand from U.S. Defense and Allied Customers for Autonomous Systems

Melbourne, FL — August 4, 2026. Maritime Tactical Systems, Inc. (MARTAC), a U.S.-based, leading provider of fully autonomous unmanned surface vessels (USVs), today announced the strongest first-half results in the company’s 15-year history.

MARTAC concluded record results for the six months ending June 30, 2026 across orders, funded backlog, revenue, profitability and cash flow. The company also made several notable investments to scale its operational footprint, resulting in a 25-fold increase in production capacity. The results reflect increasing vessel deliveries to domestic and international customers, as well as the sale of autonomy subscriptions, and training & maintenance services. With orders already placed and growing demand from U.S. and allied defense customers, the company is projecting full year order growth of 700% and revenue growth of 500% in 2026 versus 2025 results. MARTAC also anticipates record profits in 2026 while increasing its research & development investments by 1000%.

The record results follow a leadership realignment in 2025, which included the appointment of senior leaders with deep domain knowledge, public company experience and relevant roles shaping U.S. military organizations. Tony Smeraglinolo joined MARTAC as Chief Executive Officer after several decades leading government services companies. Jim Harvey joined the company as Chief Technology Officer after a career at the U.S. Navy Special Warfare Command and in industry. James H. (“Seamus”) Flatley IV was named Chief Growth Officer after leading MARTAC’s sales team and prior to that serving as a senior leader in numerous aerospace & defense companies. Mr. Flatley is also a decorated Naval Aviator completing a 22-year career in the service where he was a Commanding Officer of an F-14 squadron and a TOP GUN graduate. Kimberly Brickler was named Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer after several years as a senior finance leader at Sierra Space, L3 Harris and Cummins. Ms. Brickler began her career as a Certified Public Accountant at PwC.

MARTAC’s strong financial performance is accented by several major developments. Recently awarded international fleet orders, representing among the most significant international purchases of U.S.-manufactured USVs to date, fully validated MARTAC’s growth forecasts for 2026 and 2027. In May, a MARTAC Devil Ray T38 vessel completed an unprecedented 192-hour fully autonomous mission in varying sea states for the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s Future Capabilities Office. In June, MARTAC opened a West Coast Innovation Center in San Diego, CA, a hub for research, development, testing and customer engagement, complementing the company’s east coast innovation center in Melbourne, FL. Also in June, the company signed partnerships with leading boat builders Mystic Powerboats and Intrepid Powerboats to quickly scale production capacity and accelerate delivery.

Smeraglinolo said “Building on the significant investments made over the last 18 months, the record results we have achieved so far in 2026 are a clear validation of MARTAC’s superior technology, constant innovation, best-in-class vessel performance and exceptional operational effectiveness. Beyond concepts and demonstrations, MARTAC has a 15-year history of proven performance in theater, reliably conducting 115 missions with varying payloads across a range of environments. We will continue to set the industry bar for USV endurance, reliability and operational control.”

MARTAC’s fleet of scalable, proven autonomous USV platforms include the MANTAS™ T12, Devil Ray™ T18, Muskie™ M18, Devil Ray™ T24 and Devil Ray™ T38, providing a suite of mid-range USV solutions that combine unprecedented stability, speed and coverage to meet real-world mission demands.

About MARTAC

MARTAC is a global leader in Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) solutions, delivering high-performance, modular and operationally-proven autonomous systems to military, security, commercial and scientific customers. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, MARTAC has a proven track record with thousands of hours operating in diverse conditions. MARTAC’s innovative fleet—including the MANTAS X-Class and Devil Ray Expeditionary Class platforms—sets the industry bar for USV endurance, reliability and operational control – combining unprecedented stability, speed and range of coverage that meet real-world mission demands.

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Vessel delivery is only the first requirement of building a new maritime capability. Sustaining that capability once it is operating is the harder and more consequential problem; this is where MARTAC is investing. 

In the near future MARTAC will be cutting the ribbon on a Center of Excellence in Subic Bay, a facility designed as a model for delivering sustainment, training and operations for unmanned systems forward. While the Center is part of a total capability solution, other elements are essential to a holistic approach. 

To that end, MARTAC is actively creating a performance-based sustainment model in partnership with an international defense customer, which defines the value of and approach for delivering a complete CONOPS solution. Among the components of that solution are: 

• Locally trained Fleet Support Representatives (FSRs) to support operations and maintenance forward, embedded with host nation forces 

• Locally trained instructors armed with bilingual multi-media curriculum to efficiently deliver standardized and repeatable learning 

• Integrating OEM training and operations with deployed forces to aid in their mission planning, tactics and CONOPS, an essential element needed for a complete Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership & education, Personnel, and Facilities (DOTMLPF) delivery 

• Partnering with local maritime repair facilities to deliver timely, on-demand maintenance support focused on planned rather than reactive corrective maintenance. This includes training and embedding maintenance service reps with forward-deployed forces, supported by a Computer Maintenance Management System (CMMS) that tracks all maintenance actions and trends, spares use rate, inventory management and other key metrics 

• Transition planning with the host nation to enable an enduring life cycle support when the funded program ends. This entails assisting with inducting unmanned systems into the fleet inventory with detailed bill of materials (BOM), operating and maintenance cost data, warranty transfer planning and preparation, “Train-the-Trainer” programs, and deployable mobile remote operating centers (MROCs) to sustain operations forward 

The work underway in the Philippines is not a one-off. Every lesson learned standing up forward sustainment; cultural understandings, FSR pipelines, curriculum that transfers, CMMS-driven planned maintenance, local repair partnerships, and life cycle transition to the host nation is being captured and built into a dynamic model that then becomes a baseline for adapting to other environments. It is not a one size fits all approach. The model will inform how MARTAC delivers sustainment forward for the U.S. Navy, and for every friend and ally who chooses MARTAC as their OEM of choice. We’re proving it first where the operating environment is hardest.   

MARTAC has a proud history of delivering the most advanced, reliable, and innovative fleet-driven unmanned systems to our U.S. and allied defense customers. For over a decade, we’ve been proving and enhancing our fleet through real-world experience in adverse conditions around the world.

Now, demand for autonomous maritime systems is accelerating as defense and national security organizations expand their use of these capabilities for distributed maritime operations, maritime domain awareness, logistics support, and force protection. To meet this moment, MARTAC is accelerating our readiness to address customer requirements by significantly growing production capacity through expansion of our current facilities, acquisition of additional boatbuilding facilities. and co-production agreements across the United States and with international partners.

New and pending partnerships will enable us to more than triple vessel deliveries in the coming months. Our model integrates organic capabilities along with leveraging a network of established American boatbuilders and composite manufacturing partners to create an elite distributed production chain. By working with existing maritime manufacturers across multiple regions, we will significantly increase delivery while maintaining quality, cost efficiency, and schedule reliability.

The first of these new partnerships is with Mystic Powerboats, a well-known leader in high-performance composite vessel construction. Founded in 1996 and based in DeLand, FL, Mystic brings three decades of expertise in advanced carbon-fiber and composite manufacturing, operating from a nearly100,000-square-foot production facility equipped with the tooling, workforce, and processes required to produce high-strength, lightweight hull structures at scale. Mystic’s proven capabilities in epoxy resin infusion, carbon-fiber lamination and foam-core construction align directly with the materials and methods used in MARTAC’s Devil Ray and MANTAS platforms. A world-class builder with the advanced capabilities and skilled workforce needed to produce the high-performance hull structures our platforms require, Mystic is an ideal partner for scaling our autonomous vessel deliveries.

Another strategic partnership is with Florida-based premium boatbuilder Intrepid Powerboats. Known for performance, engineering, quality and safety, Intrepid will apply its established production capacity, skilled marine workforce, and four+ decades of high-performance hull manufacturing expertise to the construction of MARTAC USV platforms. The company’s superior craftsmanship and capacity will now be put to work supporting national security and the broader unmanned maritime mission.

Additional co-production partnerships are pending with qualified international boatbuilders, composite manufacturers and marine systems integrators whose capabilities meet MARTAC’s rigorous standards. Under each partnership, partners will manufacture key structural elements, carbon-fiber hull assemblies, and maritime components, while MARTAC retains full responsibility for system integration, autonomy architecture, mission payload integration, quality assurance, and final acceptance testing. This distributed production model strengthens our ability to meet operational demand at home and abroad by increasing surge capacity, diversifying the supply chain, and expediting delivery timelines.

Accelerating autonomous maritime capability is imperative as nations place greater emphasis on protecting critical shipping lanes, maintaining maritime awareness, and ensuring force protection across distributed maritime operations. MARTAC was built for this moment.

The United States is home to exceptional marine manufacturing companies with deep expertise in advanced composites and maritime construction. As we expand our distributed co-production model, we will leverage the expertise of America’s existing boatbuilding and composite manufacturing industries so we can scale faster, reduce capital requirements and strengthen the U.S. maritime industrial base. The same rigor applied at home will carry over into our international market

Our strategy is simple: expand current capacity to meet our near-term needs and scale with the industry as necessary. MARTAC will rapidly scale production while ensuring that our systems remain operationally proven and ready to deploy.

Collaboration positions MARTAC to build 200–300 unmanned surface vessels per year by leveraging Florida’s world-class boatbuilding base

MELBOURNE, FL — June 17, 2026 — Maritime Tactical Systems, Inc. (MARTAC), a leading provider of high-performance autonomous unmanned surface vessels (USVs), today announced a manufacturing partnership with Intrepid Powerboats, a Florida-based premium boatbuilder. The collaboration gives MARTAC the ability to scale production of its Devil Ray USV platforms to between 200 and 300 vessels per year, meeting accelerating demand from U.S. government, allied-nation, and commercial customers.

Under the partnership, Intrepid Powerboats will apply its established production capacity, skilled marine workforce, and decades of high-performance hull manufacturing expertise to the construction of MARTAC USV platforms. The arrangement allows MARTAC to expand output rapidly without the heavy capital investment and lead time that building dedicated new production facilities would require.

The partnership is the latest demonstration of MARTAC’s scaling strategy: meeting surging demand by leveraging the depth of Florida’s established boatbuilding industry rather than building production capacity from the ground up. By partnering with experienced regional manufacturers, MARTAC converts proven commercial boatbuilding capacity into mission-ready autonomous vessel production, preserving speed, controlling cost, and reinforcing a domestic, Florida-anchored industrial base.

“This partnership shows how quickly we can scale when we tap into the talent and capacity that already exists in Florida’s marine manufacturing sector,” said Tony Smeraglinolo, Chief Executive Officer of MARTAC. “Working with a builder of Intrepid’s caliber enables us to rapidly accelerate quality production, without the lengthy process of standing up new plants. It is the right model for a moment when demand for autonomous maritime systems is growing faster than the traditional defense industrial base can respond.”

“Intrepid has spent more than four decades building some of the most capable boats on the water, right here in Florida,” said Terry McNew, President of Intrepid Powerboats. “Partnering with MARTAC lets us put that craftsmanship and capacity to work supporting national security and the broader unmanned maritime mission. It’s a natural extension of what our team does best.”

 MARTAC’s MANTAS and Devil Ray families have been fielded across multiple theaters and customer programs, and the company continues to expand to meet growing operational and procurement demand.

“Our customers don’t just need a capable platform, they need confidence that we can deliver at scale, on schedule,” said Seamus Flatley, MARTAC’s Chief Growth Officer. “This partnership is how we answer that. We’re turning Florida’s boatbuilding strength into a strategic advantage for customers at home and abroad.”

About MARTAC

MARTAC is a global leader in Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) solutions, delivering high-performance, modular and operationally-proven autonomous systems to military, security, commercial and scientific customers. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, MARTAC has a proven track record with thousands of hours operating in diverse conditions. MARTAC’s innovative fleet, including the MANTAS X-Class and Devil Ray Expeditionary Class platforms, sets the industry bar for USV endurance, reliability and operational control – combining unprecedented stability, speed and range of coverage that meet real-world mission demands. For more information, visit www.martacsystems.com

About Intrepid Powerboats

Founded in 1983, Intrepid is a Florida-based builder of premium powerboats recognized for performance, engineering, and quality. With production at its Florida facility, Intrepid is among the most respected names in American boatbuilding. Learn more at intrepidpowerboats.com. 

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New west coast facility expands MARTAC’s operational footprint and accelerates growth of autonomous maritime capabilities

San Diego, CA — June 3, 2026 — Maritime Tactical Systems, Inc. (MARTAC), a leading provider of fully autonomous unmanned surface vessels (USVs), today announced the opening of the MARTAC Innovation Center West in San Diego, California. The new facility marks a significant milestone in the company’s strategic expansion, strengthening its ability to serve defense, security and commercial customers across the West Coast and Pacific regions.

The MARTAC Innovation Center West will serve as a hub for research, development, testing and customer engagement, complementing MARTAC’s headquarters in Melbourne, Florida. San Diego’s deep ties to the U.S. Navy, its thriving defense technology ecosystem and its access to open-water testing environments make it the ideal location for MARTAC’s next phase of growth.

“The opening of our Innovation Center West represents a pivotal step in MARTAC’s growth strategy,” said Jim Harvey, Chief Technology Officer of MARTAC. “San Diego is home to the largest concentration of naval assets in the world and an unmatched community of defense innovators. Establishing this facility allows us to work more closely with our customers, accelerate development timelines, and expand the reach of our autonomous maritime solutions.”

The new center will support a range of activities, including advanced engineering and systems integration, live-water demonstrations of MARTAC’s autonomous vessels, customer training and mission planning and collaborative development with defense and industry partners. The facility is expected to create new jobs in the San Diego area and further cement MARTAC’s position as a leader in the rapidly growing unmanned maritime systems market.

MARTAC’s facility expansion comes at a time of accelerating demand for autonomous maritime capabilities. The U.S. Navy has outlined plans to significantly grow its fleet to include a substantial number of uncrewed vessels, and MARTAC’s combat-proven platforms—including the MANTAS™ T-series and Devil Ray™—are already in operational deployment supporting fleet operations worldwide.

“Our customers are telling us they need more capacity, faster delivery and closer collaboration,” Tony Smeraglinolo, CEO added. “The Innovation Center West answers all three. It positions MARTAC to scale alongside the growing demand for autonomous maritime systems and ensures we remain at the forefront of this critical national security capability.”

About MARTAC

MARTAC is a global leader in Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) solutions, delivering high-performance, modular and operationally-proven autonomous systems to military, security, commercial and scientific customers. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, MARTAC has a proven track record with thousands of hours operating in diverse conditions. MARTAC’s innovative fleet—including the MANTAS™ X-Class and Devil Ray™ Expeditionary Class platforms—sets the industry bar for USV endurance, reliability and operational control – combining unprecedented stability, speed and range of coverage that meet real-world mission demands. For more information, visit www.martacsystems.com.

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Martac today announced a co-production partnership to increase MARTAC’s domestic production capacity to meet growing requirements from U.S. and allied customers. 

The technology barrier just fell. The procurement barrier hasn’t.

Two vessels. Two countries. The same month.

MARTAC announced on 5 May that its T38 Devil Ray, owned and operated by the US Navy’s Point Mugu Sea Range (Point Mugu), had completed a 192-hour autonomous mission 400 nautical miles off the California coast. Eight days, no crew, no chase boats with conditions up to sea state 5 at the peak, and averaging Sea State 3 across the mission. Single-engine operations deliberately sustained for two days at maximum range, not as a failure mode but as a demonstration of operational flexibility. COLREGS-compliant collision avoidance handled throughout.

Then, on Monday 18 May, Maritime Robotics’ Mariner X departed its headquarters at Brattørkaia in Trondheim and set out on a 500 nm unmanned voyage down the Norwegian coast, without a human aboard. The first leg alone, Trondheim to Mongstad north of Bergen, covered over 300 nautical miles. A live SeaSight camera feed tracked the entire transit publicly.

They weren’t talking about warships.

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Demonstration Sets New Benchmark for Persistent USV Operations, Directly Supporting Evolving U.S. Government Concepts for Maritime Defense and Deterrence 

Melbourne, Florida, May 5, 2026 — Maritime Tactical Systems, Inc. (MARTAC) announced today that its T38 Devil Ray unmanned surface vessel (USV) has completed a record-setting 8-day, completely autonomous mission off the coast of California, demonstrating a level of endurance, reliability and operational control not previously achieved in its class. 

The USV, owned and operated by Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s (NAWCWD) Point Mugu Sea Range through its Future Capabilities Office’s Blue Water Instrumentation (BWI), successfully demonstrated extended autonomous operations in open-ocean conditions. This is critical to BWI’s goal of advancing the Navy’s ability to conduct test and evaluation programs in challenging maritime environments where traditional, fixed position instrumentation is unavailable. 

The demonstration highlighted the T38’s ability to operate autonomously for extended periods, maintain station in dynamic sea states, and support a range of mission profiles.  

Unique from scripted government sponsored events, no chase boats or escorts were involved in the operation that mirrored real-world operational requirements. The T38 safely navigated around multiple static and mobile contacts during the underway period, further demonstrating that its autonomy stack is compliant with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREG). 

The mission emphasized persistence over speed, with the vessel averaging just over 4 knots per hour, validating its role as a long-endurance, forward-deployed asset capable of sustained presence rather than short-duration sprint operations. In short intervals where burst speed was required, the vessel demonstrated its trademark capability of 50+ knots per hour. 

A defining element of the mission was a deliberate two-day alternating single-engine operational period conducted approximately 400 nautical miles offshore. This was not a failure scenario; it was an intentional maneuver to extend loiter time and evaluate endurance under reduced propulsion conditions. During this period, the T38 autonomously maintained its designated station, continued data collection, and executed mission objectives without degradation, reinforcing the platform’s efficiency, control logic and mission flexibility. 

Sea conditions averaged Sea State 3, a slight sea condition with wave heights between 1.5 to 4 feet, with the vessel experiencing conditions up to Sea State 5 and wave heights reaching 10 feet, further stressing the platform across propulsion, autonomy and hull performance envelopes. 

Critically, performance in these conditions underscored the inherent stability advantages of the T38’s catamaran hull design. The twin engine, twin-hull configuration provides a wide beam and reduced roll, enabling the platform to remain steady in higher sea states. This stability directly translates to improved mission effectiveness, whether collecting high-fidelity sensor data, maintaining precise station-keeping or supporting targeting and firing solutions where platform stability is essential. 

The mission also validated extended range performance, confirming that the T38, when operating at 100% fuel capacity, is capable of exceeding 2,400 nautical miles of operational range under endurance-focused profiles. 

“This mission was designed to test more than endurance, it validated how the system performs when pushed into extended, efficiency-driven operations at distance,” said Karl Van Deusen, Senior Vice President for Federal and Government Sales. “Intentional single-engine operations at 400 nautical miles offshore, combined with continuous autonomy over eight days, demonstrate a level of operational control and flexibility that is directly aligned with real-world mission demands.” 

This milestone event establishes a new benchmark for persistent unmanned maritime operations, particularly in scenarios requiring extended loiter, distributed presence and reduced logistics dependency. The ability to sustain operations for over a week, and to intentionally modulate propulsion to extend mission duration, directly supports the emerging need for solutions in contested and remote maritime environments. 

The carbon fiber T38 Devil Ray, a 38-foot autonomous surface vessel, is designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), maritime domain awareness, logistics support and distributed fleet operations. Built on MARTAC’s open-architecture autonomy framework, the platform supports modular payloads and resilient communications, enabling mission execution in denied or degraded conditions. 

About Maritime Tactical Systems, Inc. (MARTAC) 
MARTAC is a global leader in unmanned surface vehicle (USV) technology, delivering high-performance, modular and operationally proven systems to defense and commercial customers worldwide. 

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The U. S. Navy stands at the precipice of a new era of technology advancement. In an address at a military-industry conference, the then-U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Michael Gilday, revealed the Navy’s goal to grow to 500 ships, to include 350 crewed ships and 150 uncrewed maritime vessels.

Tony Smeraglinolo has been appointed Chief Executive Officer as the company enters a significant next phase of growth marked by rising customer demand, expanding opportunities, and increasing global interest in MARTAC’s unmanned maritime systems.