Ocean Power Technologies Inc., which provides maritime solutions, announced an upgrade Aug. 19 to its AI-capable Merrows Maritime Domain Awareness Solution.
The updated system expands its role as an ISR (incremental static regeneration) node — enabling enhanced maritime domain awareness and autonomous collaboration across surface, subsurface, and aerial platforms.
The company said the upgraded system delivers faster performance, greater stability, and improved security — empowering operators to maintain watch in contested or remote environments. The system’s expanded flexibility also allows multiple users to monitor the same or different assets simultaneously, while new integration pathways make it easier to fuse third-party feeds such as global AIS, weather data, and advanced mapping tools.
“Merrows is evolving into the connective tissue of maritime operations,” said Philipp Stratmann, president and CEO of Ocean Power Technologies. “These upgrades allow it to function as a true ISR node — supporting autonomous platforms, streamlining decision-making, and strengthening awareness in complex maritime domains.”
The system can be deployed independently or paired with Ocean Power Technologies’ PowerBuoy platforms and WAM-V Unmanned Surface Vehicles to create autonomous monitoring networks tailored to mission requirements.
Ocean Power Technologies provides maritime solutions and services that enable safer, cleaner, and more productive ocean operations for the defense and security, oil and gas, science and research, and offshore wind markets. The company is based in Monroe Township and has an office in Richmond, Calif.
