{"id":253240,"date":"2025-05-05T16:29:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/ocean-power-technologies-to-supply-wam-v-vehicles-to-international-defense-customer\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T21:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T01:03:09","slug":"ocean-power-technologies-to-supply-wam-v-vehicles-to-international-defense-customer","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/ocean-power-technologies-to-supply-wam-v-vehicles-to-international-defense-customer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Power Technologies to supply WAM-V vehicles to international defense customer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Smart maritime technology specialist <strong>Ocean Power Technologies<\/strong><em>(OPT<\/em>) has signed a contract with an international defense customer to deliver multiple WAM-V vehicles.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supply of WAM-V vehicles<\/h2>\n\n<p>The operation, which will be executed under a <strong>COCO <\/strong><em>(contractor-owned, contractor-operated<\/em>) model, contemplates the supply of unmanned vessels, integrated sensors and trained operators to manage them, with delivery scheduled for late spring 2025.<\/p>\n\n<p>The award strengthens OPT&#8217;s presence as a provider of ocean surveillance <a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/opt-supply-powerbuoy-merrows-to-customer\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"189679\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>ocean surveillance and maritime<\/strong><\/a> and <strong>maritime security<\/strong> technologies. Through the WAM-V platform, designed for autonomous patrolling and operational adaptability, it has established itself as a strategic resource for both surface and underwater operations. <\/p>\n\n<p>Although financial terms and customer details were not disclosed due to the sensitivity of the agreement, this new order marks a continuation of OPT&#8217;s expansion in the defense sector.<\/p>\n\n<p>Its <strong>PowerBuoy technology<\/strong>, which provides power and remote communications, along with <strong>WAM-V autonomous surface vehicles<\/strong>, are integrated as modular solutions for mine countermeasures and advanced reconnaissance.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We believe this agreement is further proof that our systems are an important part of building the future of ocean safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The use of highly adaptable and attractive unmanned surface vehicles, such as our WAM-V, is a cost-effective force multiplier for surface and seabed warfare efforts for the U.S. Government and other Allied Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dual use of our technologies allows us to provide systems to a wide range of customers.<\/p>\n<cite>Philipp Stratmann, CEO and President of OPT.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<p id=\"block-921d40db-57dc-4f0b-a30e-009c45b55119\"><strong>Follow us on social media and don&#8217;t miss any of our posts!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-4d2f8dd1-432e-42c2-b119-b5546b87b38b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@inspenet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/inspenetnetwork\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inspenetnetwork\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/inspenet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Inspenetnetwork\" rel=\"nofollow\">X (Twitter)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@inspenet?_t=8qqIL6dRGNR&amp;_r=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-e498bc4c-c835-456a-8d6d-48944eddf7c1\"><strong>Source and photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/oceanpowertechnologies.com\/industries\/defense-and-security\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OPT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company has previously demonstrated the effectiveness of its systems in real-world scenarios in North America, Latin America and the Middle East.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8404,"featured_media":253166,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13048],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-253240","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-maritime"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/253240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/253240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=253240"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=253240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}