Seasatellites, Inc.

Seasatellites, Inc., doing business as Seasats, develops and manufactures autonomous surface vessels (ASVs) and unmanned maritime systems for naval intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations; the San Diego-based company operates as a prime contractor on Marine Corps and Navy procurements (40% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to defense primes including Science Applications International Corporation, HII Mission Technologies Corp, and CACI (60% of recent awards), competing without set-aside designation across all contract vehicles.

Seasats' recent award footprint centers on unmanned maritime platforms designed for open-ocean, littoral, and inland waterway operations. The company holds a $89.2 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Marine Corps, awarded September 29, 2025, under the Small Business Innovation Research Phase III Action program, running through September 28, 2032, with an associated $12.74 million firm-fixed-price delivery order for commercialization of autonomous surface vehicle technology. A companion $15.5 million competitive delivery order from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, issued the same date, procures a small unmanned maritime vessel capable of persistent ISR collection across diverse water environments, with performance extending to June 2, 2028. Seasats also holds a $328 thousand Other Transaction IDV with Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, awarded August 26, 2025, for LIGHTFISH Autonomous Surface Vehicle capabilities supporting naval information warfare. A June 2026 $229 thousand purchase order from Washington Headquarters Service supports national-security-related testing and operational experiment with an autonomous surface vessel system, completing October 11, 2026.

Concentration is heavily skewed to Department of the Navy programs. The Marine Corps alone anchors $89.2 million (84% of combined potential value), while the Office of the Secretary of Defense adds $15.5 million. The Navy's Information Warfare Systems Command, Naval Sea Systems Command, and Office of Naval Research account for the remaining awards, all Navy-focused with combined potential value of approximately $328 thousand across documented task orders. The top five customer organizations, tracked against both award count and dollar value, account for 100% of combined potential value; concentration does not flatten across agencies.

Seasats subcontracts primarily to large defense contractors. Science Applications International Corporation engaged Seasats on October 28, 2025, for transformational technology analysis supporting Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic autonomous boat work. HII Mission Technologies Corp placed two sub awards in 2025 for technical analysis and unmanned surface vessel rental supporting Naval Sea Systems Command surface warfare testing, including a June 30, 2025 engagement for equipment rental testing in the United Kingdom. CACI, Inc. — Federal contracted Seasats on October 9, 2025, for advanced product innovation and delivery of contract manufacturing services in support of Naval X. Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. engaged Seasats on November 25, 2024, for LIGHTFISH sensor and communications equipment.

Seasats also acts as a sub-recipient on federally funded research. The University of Southern Mississippi received a federal grant award (grantor agency and CFDA number not specified in source) dated July 18, 2024, under which Seasats partnered to enhance Ocean Cube functionality for Navy Office of Naval Research (ONR Code 32) mine-detection missions. The sub-award required Seasats to integrate and test vector magnetic sensors into its ASV platform, quantify sensor performance against metallic target detection, and characterize environmental effects on magnetic sensor performance in littoral zones — work supporting mine-density mapping and classification in support of sustained strategic advantage.

Activity accelerated sharply in 2025 — two awards in 2024 rising to seven in 2025 — with one recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months: the $15.5 million Office of the Secretary of Defense delivery order completing June 2, 2028. The Marine Corps' seven-year IDV through September 2032 anchors the long-tail pipeline. Seasats' award portfolio centers on NAICS 541712 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences) and NAICS 336612 (Boat Building), with supporting work under NAICS 332999 (All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing), and aligns to PSC codes for Small Craft and Commercial Hardware.