Greensea IQ combines subsea robotics software, Bayonet products and EverClean hull services. Its public contracts reveal both equipment demand and a recurring service business.
Greensea IQ is a marine robotics company whose business extends from software used inside underwater systems to complete robots and recurring hull maintenance services. Its Bayonet products address subsea and coastal defense requirements, while EverClean applies related robotics technology to ship inspection and hull grooming. The combination makes Greensea relevant to equipment buyers, systems integrators and fleet maintenance organisations for different reasons.
The company’s public record is unusually useful for understanding those differences. A Marine Corps delivery order describes purchased systems and support. A separate Navy award establishes a framework for later engineering and hardware orders. EverClean offers both a monthly service and equipment that customers operate themselves. These transactions should be read as distinct parts of one business.
Greensea’s company history dates its activity to 2006 and identifies Ben Kinnaman as founder and chief executive. The business identifies as privately held. Its published leadership and board information do not provide an ownership table, so individual control or shareholder percentages cannot be inferred from job titles.
The current structure emerged from a September 2023 reorganisation. Greensea Systems, Bayonet Ocean Vehicles and Armach Robotics were brought together under Greensea IQ. Older announcements using those names therefore belong to the history of the combined business, although a contract still needs to be matched to its named legal entity.
Bayonet’s origins are particularly specific. In June 2022, Greensea acquired the intellectual property and inventory of C-2 Innovations’ crawling robot product line and launched Bayonet Ocean Vehicles around it. That was a product-line transaction; the release does not describe an acquisition of all C-2 Innovations. The subsequent combination joined hardware, software and the hull-service activity within a more unified commercial organisation.
Greensea’s current website presents Core software, Bayonet robotics and EverClean as the main elements of its offering. Older acquisition and product releases use the OPENSEA name for the software platform. The July 2026 Bayonet announcement refers to Greensea IQ Core and Bayonet Workspace, reflecting the terminology customers encounter in newer material.
For a prospective partner, the significant point is the reuse of a software foundation across several applications. Greensea can participate through navigation and control software, an integrated robot, or a service delivered using that robot. The commercial relationship depends on the layer being supplied and the organisation responsible for the final operating service.
That also shapes competition. A company selling subsea sensors may be a potential integration partner in one project, while a business offering complete inspection services may compete for the same customer budget in another. BDI’s Kraken Robotics profile offers context on a different combination of subsea products and services. Comparing the actual purchase package is more informative than treating all marine robotics companies as interchangeable.
Greensea explicitly names Richmond, Vermont, as headquarters. Its Plymouth, Massachusetts, site is described as its largest office and the manufacturing location for EverClean robots and Bayonet crawlers. The company also lists a San Diego operation supporting Pacific customers and several locations connected to EverClean services.
The geography of those service sites has commercial meaning. Greensea associates its Rockledge location with southeastern US and Caribbean customers, its Miami-area operation with Port of Miami demand, and its Houston-area location with ships calling at that port. These are descriptions of where a service organisation can work, rather than merely a list of sales addresses.
An equipment manufacturer can ship a robot to a distant customer. A provider promising recurring hull maintenance must also organise access, scheduling, personnel and support where vessels call. Greensea’s public location descriptions make that additional operating requirement visible.
The EverClean offering distinguishes a subscription from a self-hosted model. Under the subscription, Greensea teams perform scheduled hull grooming and inspection for a recurring monthly fee in the stated service regions. Under the self-hosted model, customers purchase robots and receive training, with remote support available from the company.
This creates different economic relationships for the customer. A shipping operator buying the service is purchasing continuing access to a maintenance capability. An organisation buying the equipment takes on more responsibility for deployment and staffing, while gaining a capability it can use beyond Greensea’s established service ports.
The inspection element also matters. Hull imagery and condition information can be useful to maintenance planning alongside cleaning itself. Greensea’s product positioning brings those activities together, but the commercial value depends on the specific vessel and service agreement. Its general claims of fuel savings are not a substitute for a customer’s measured results.
A related market comparison is Sonardyne’s seabed monitoring service expansion, where technology is also packaged with continuing service responsibilities. The common commercial question is who owns the equipment, who maintains it and what continuing output the customer receives.
In August 2025, Greensea announced a $9 million task order for the Marine Corps. Its description covered nine Bayonet robots, refurbishment of six previously acquired robots, and spares. Deliveries were scheduled to begin the following month; the announcement alone does not establish when every item was accepted.
That package is useful evidence of a developing support business around an installed fleet. It includes new equipment, work on existing equipment and spare parts. Dividing the total by nine would not yield a meaningful standalone robot price because the disclosed scope contains more than those nine units.
A July 2026 announcement described a further $3.7 million order for four additional Bayonet 250 systems under an existing multi-year contract. Greensea connected both orders to the Marine Corps’ LEON family of systems. Taken together, the dated releases show repeat procurement activity rather than a single demonstration reference.
The federal 29 June 2026 contract notice names Greensea Systems as the recipient of an $18,154,710 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. Its scope covers engineering technical services and hardware supporting maritime autonomous and remotely operated systems.
The notice specifies an ordering period from 29 June 2026 to 28 June 2033 and states that no funds were obligated at award. Funding is to be attached to subsequent delivery and task orders. Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific is the contracting activity.
For company analysis, the award establishes a customer relationship and a mechanism for future work. Its full value is not equivalent to funded orders already issued, annual turnover or cash received. Following the orders placed through this contract will give a clearer view of the workload than the initial headline ceiling alone.
Greensea reported 26% revenue growth for fiscal 2025 and described continuing growth in both defense robotics and EverClean’s recurring service business. The release does not disclose an absolute annual revenue figure. Its percentage indicates management’s reported direction of travel without establishing the business’s financial scale.
The SBA company record lists 39 employees for Greensea Systems but provides no date for that count. It should be treated as an undated legal-entity record, especially when comparing it with the broader operating footprint following the company’s restructuring.
Greensea’s strongest publicly documented characteristic is the combination of reusable software, repeat equipment procurement and a geographically organised service operation. Future disclosures connecting delivery orders, service coverage and customer renewals would clarify how those activities contribute to the company’s growth.
Public company pages and the federal Navy award were readable. Marine Corps order details and fiscal revenue growth are company disclosures. SBA lists 39 employees for Greensea Systems without an as-of date; this is an undated legal-entity record, not a verified current consolidated headcount. No absolute annual revenue or ownership percentages were verified. The Navy IDIQ carries no funds obligated at initial award.
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