SUBUAS LLC

BRIDGEWATER, NJ · Robotics · Private

Acoustic communication system enabling high-data-rate video transmission for aerial-underwater drones

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Updated Oct 23, 2026

Sector: Robotics
Headquarters: BRIDGEWATER, NJ
Total capital: $15.5M

Federal grants: $1.4M; 3 awards · 2017–2021; Rank in peer group#8 of 20
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $14.1M; 9 awards · Defense; Rank in Robotics#10 of 544
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

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Latest events

Nov 2023Federal contractDefense · This Effort Will Develop And Demonstrate Launch And Recovery Capabilities Of The Naviator From And To An Uuv (using A Uuv Surrogate) Without A Human-in-the-loop, Which We Dubbed The Subsurface Autonomous Naviator Delivery (sand) System, Or Sand Syste$2.6M
Apr 2022Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II - Multi-faceted Riverine Surveillance System U435CNE$1.2M
Nov 2021Federal grantNSF · Phase I · STTR Phase I:Video Transmission Through Underwater Wireless Links$256K
Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I - "a Multi-faceted Riverine Surveillance System" U435CFE$111K
Aug 2020Federal contractDefense · Enhancing UAV Brushless Motors For Efficiency, Robustness, And Manufacturing In Extreme Environments$1M
Jun 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · A Multi-Faceted Riverine Surveillance System$111K
Mar 2020Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$1.1M

Show 5 earlier federal awards

Nov 2019Federal contractDefense · The Purpose Of This Action Is To Advance The Autonomy And Interoperability Of A Multirotor Unmanned Aerial/underwater Vehicle And Investigate Its Utility In Mine Countermeasure Applications.$3.4M
Sep 2018Federal contractDefense · Igf::ct::igf Operational Advancements For Multi-rotor Unmanned Aerial/underwater Vehicles$2M
Aug 2018Federal contractDefense · Igf::ct::igf$2.6M
Oct 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Multirotor Unmanned Air / Underwater Vehicle for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Mine Countermeasures (MCM)$1.0M
Jul 2016Federal contractDefense · STTRSOL2016.A Igf::ct::igf$145K

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Robotics · System

Federal grants#8 · top 40%

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What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

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Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.