Ocean Infinity
Marine robotics operator running uncrewed survey and security vessels worldwide.
Ocean Infinity says its vessel Needlefish logged more than 13,000 hours of uncrewed operation on Kuwait coastal security since August 2025, a claim made 30 July 2026.
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Ocean Infinity says one of its vessels has run for 13,000 hours without a crew. Why is the world's most capable robotic minehunting fleet still waiting for permission to switch on?
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Claimed more than 13,000 hours of uncrewed operation for Needlefish
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea: Ocean Infinity: 13,000 hours, no crewBackground
Ocean Infinity is a marine robotics operator whose vessel Needlefish has logged more than 13,000 hours of round-the-clock uncrewed operation since August 2025, on coastal security work in Kuwait, in temperatures regularly above 50C, the company said on 30 July 2026.
The figure is an unaudited company claim, made by Joe Robinson, its President of Solutions, on Ocean Infinity's own newsroom; no third party has verified it. The work is coastal security, not mine-hunting, and it is in Kuwaiti, not Omani, waters, a distinction worth holding onto given how often uncrewed-vessel claims in this region get mixed up.
As the operator rather than the vessel itself, Ocean Infinity is the company whose commercial reputation the figure is meant to support; its scale and interest lie in demonstrating sustained uncrewed endurance to future clients rather than in the Kuwait contract alone.
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