Seahawk Robotics builds amphibious drones that can fly, land on water, and deploy submersible sensor payloads, providing real‑time marine data from air, surface, and below. The F4 platform’s modular design and swarm capability enable low‑risk, continuous monitoring for industries such as oil & gas, aquaculture, hull inspection, search‑and‑rescue, environmental research, and defense.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Collecting high-quality marine data across air, surface, and subsurface environments typically requires multiple specialized platforms, extensive crew deployment, and significant safety risks, limiting the frequency and coverage of monitoring activities.
Solution
Seahawk Robotics offers the F4 amphibious drone—a rugged quadcopter capable of autonomous flight, water landings, and submersible sensor deployment. The platform streams real-time data from above, on, and below the water surface, enabling continuous monitoring with minimal human intervention. Its modular design supports custom sensor payloads and can operate solo or coordinate with other uncrewed systems for expanded coverage. By reducing the need for crewed vessels and simplifying data acquisition, the F4 lowers operational costs and environmental impact while delivering timely insights for marine applications.
Target Audience
Primary customers include oil and gas operators, aquaculture farms, ship hull inspection services, search and rescue teams, environmental research organizations, and defense agencies requiring maritime surveillance and reconnaissance.
Features
- Quadrotor airframe with waterproof hull for seamless transition between flight and water landing
- Integrated launch and recovery mechanism for deploying sensor payloads to configurable depths
- Real-time data streaming via secure wireless link to ground stations or cloud platforms
- Open payload interface supporting custom oceanographic, imaging, and acoustic sensors
- Swarm capability to synchronize multiple drones for large-area surveys
- Built-in collision avoidance and GPS/RTK navigation for precise positioning
- Low-noise, low-impact operation suitable for sensitive marine environments