Ocean Power Technologies Lifts U.S. PowerBuoy Deployments to Five With DHS Network Active

Overview

• Ocean Power Technologies said it now has five concurrent U.S. PowerBuoy deployments, including three supporting Department of Homeland Security operations, one for U.S. Navy research, and one for a U.S. research institution.
• The DHS systems operate as a distributed offshore network that streams real-time data into Anduril’s Lattice command platform, with one buoy working in waters deeper than 1,000 meters off California.
• Each PowerBuoy serves as a long-duration node that supplies power, communications, and sensor hosting, and it runs OPT’s Merrows software for on-buoy AI decisions.
• International activity includes three WAM-V autonomous surface vessels and one PowerBuoy in the United Arab Emirates, additional WAM-V deployments in Taiwan, and a WAM-V showcase at Special Operations Forces Week in Tampa.
• The company frames the buildout as a shift from single research trials to scaled maritime domain awareness services for national security uses, while noting these are company-reported milestones with standard forward-looking caveats.