In a significant step forward for the AUKUS technology ecosystem, UK-based SubSea Craft (SSC) and Australian maritime autonomy specialist Greenroom Robotics have signed a teaming agreement at Indo-Pacific 2025, strengthening collaboration across allied defence innovation.
Aligned with the vision of AUKUS Pillar 2, the partnership focuses on advancing next-generation maritime capabilities — particularly in the areas of autonomy, rapid capability delivery, and manned–unmanned teaming (MUM-T). SubSea Craft’s suite of advanced platforms — MARS, VICTA, and CADDIS — are central to the collaboration, each developed to enhance operational flexibility and resilience in contested maritime environments.
Under the new agreement, Greenroom Robotics’ autonomous control systems will be integrated into SSC’s MARS platform, further accelerating its evolution as a high-performance uncrewed surface vessel (USV). The MARS platform has already undergone extensive testing in Tasmania, Australia — a region uniquely suited to maritime innovation, with nine deregulated waterways allowing for diverse and dynamic prototype trials.
Camilla Martin, CEO of SubSea Craft, said the agreement highlights the agility and cooperation needed to maintain technological advantage across the AUKUS nations.
“This teaming agreement is another step in strengthening the AUKUS ecosystem and will be crucial to our success as a credible partner to the AUKUS nations,” Martin said. “Agility is key. To meet the pace that the warfighter deserves, it is vital we work with leading technology companies, pooling knowledge and expertise in support of those on the frontline.”
For Greenroom Robotics, the collaboration reinforces Australia’s growing role in the global defence innovation network.
“We are proud that Greenroom’s advanced maritime autonomy has been chosen to power SubSea Craft’s pioneering MARS platform,” said Harry Hubbert, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Greenroom Robotics. “The rapid delivery of proven capability is critical for protecting our maritime environments. This partnership will deliver force multiplier effects to secure our vast oceans.”
Hubbert added that the MARS uncrewed surface vessel “enables powerful human–machine teaming, helping to keep people — our forces’ most valuable assets — out of harm’s way.”
Through the collaboration, SubSea Craft and Greenroom Robotics aim to advance a new model of international defence cooperation — where technologies are designed in the UK, co-developed in Australia, and integrated with US payloads. Together, they are building not just individual platforms but an interconnected AUKUS innovation ecosystem — one that delivers scalable, mission-relevant capability for the modern battlespace.
