ACUA Ocean
UK maker of uncrewed surface vessels contributing to the Babcock-Frankenburg maritime C-UAS system.
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ACUA's uncrewed vessels now carry missiles against mass drone attacks; how big is the maritime counter-drone opportunity?
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Supplied uncrewed surface vessels to the maritime system
Drones: Industry & Defence: Frankenburg compounds a UK interceptor winBackground
ACUA Ocean is a UK maker of uncrewed surface vessels, contributing them to an integrated maritime counter-drone system announced with Babcock and Frankenburg Technologies on 21 July 2026. The system pairs a Babcock multi-domain launcher with Frankenburg precision missiles and ACUA's uncrewed surface vessels against mass drone attacks in high seas.
The partnership builds on a January 2026 Memorandum of Understanding between Babcock and Frankenburg, with ACUA joining to supply the surface-vessel platform that carries the launcher and missiles. It arrives eight days after Frankenburg won a slice of Britain's first low-cost interceptor contracts under LCADE.
The deal turns a single earlier win into a second, larger maritime programme, positioning ACUA's uncrewed vessels within a UK counter-drone industrial base that spans air and sea defence.
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