Maritime Advocacy

A Unified Voice at Sea

The MAC is comprised of a diverse group of member companies, including UMS operators, innovators, manufacturers, defense contractors, and others interested in advanced maritime mobility. We pride ourselves in our ability to come together and enable a unified voice for all stakeholders within the UMS ecosystem.

Reach out to Lori Propst lpropst@auvsi.org to get involved.

Advanced Navigation Pty Ltd
AeroStar
AeroVironment
American Bureau of Shipping
Anduril
AppliedIntuition
ATI
Austal USA
BlackSea Tech
Blue Water Autonomy
BlueHalo LLC
Boeing
Booz Allen Hamilton
Chance Maritime
Cherokee Nation Technologies
Collins Aerospace
Compound Eye
Dark Wolf Solutions
DroneShield
D-Fend
DZYNE Technologies

Echodyne
Fincantieri Marine Group
Gecko Robotics, Inc
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc
General Atomics
Gibbs & Cox, Inc.
HavocAI
Integer Technologies
Kongsberg
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, Inc.
Leidos
Liquid Robotics 
Lockheed Martin
Metron
Northrop Grumman
OKSI
OPT
Packet Digital
Parallax Advanced Research
PteroDynamics

Raytheon
RTI
Reynolds Strategies
SAIC
Saronic
Seasats
SSCI
Sea Machines
Sea Robotics
Seaborne Defense
Secmation
Shield AI
Stealth Company
Textron Systems
Tridentis Advanced Marine Vehicles LLC
Trillium Engineering
Ultra Maritime
UXV Technologies
Vulcan Elements
XTEND


  • Chairman: Larry Ryder (Austal USA)
  • Vice-chairman: Jenny Roberts (SAIC)

Our current policy priorities

Members meet monthly—and often more frequently—to develop advocacy goals and policy positions. Here are a few of the priorities we’re currently working on:

  1. Establish the Maritime Advocacy Committee as the preeminent industry voice influencing acquisition policies and processes.
  2. Facilitate the growth of UMS through active engagement with the government, transportation, and commercial sectors.
  3. Collaborate with ship owners, operators, shipyards, ports, federal maritime agencies, technology developers, classification societies and academia to further integrate advanced automation for maritime platforms into the domestic market.
  4. Develop the future of the UMS workforce through technology-focused education.

Your Voice on Capitol Hill

Through collaboration and consensus, we shape policy positions that speak for the entire industry. Join AUVSI at the Advocacy Level.