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Bluefin Robotics Corporation
Profile last edited on: 1/20/17      CAGE: 1LXF2      UEI:

Business Identifier: Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)
Year Founded
1997
First Award
1999
Latest Award
2005
Program Status
Inactive (Acquired)
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Location Information

553 South Street
Quincy, MA 02169
   (617) 715-7000
   info@bluefinrobotics.com
   www.bluefinrobotics.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 08
County: Norfolk

Public Profile

In February 2016, Bluefin Robotics was acquired by General Dynamics Mission Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics. In May 2005, Bluefin became a wholly owned subsidiary of Battelle Memorial Institute. Bluefin Robotics develops, builds, and operates Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and related technologies for defense, commercial, and scientific customers worldwide. Bluefin was founded by a core group of engineers from the MIT AUV Laboratory. Bluefin is a full AUV lifecycle provider offering research and development, technology integration, full-scale manufacturing, platform training, and operations support.

Extent of SBIR involvement

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Phase I Awards
5
Phase II Awards
2
Conversion Rate
40.00%
Phase I Dollars
$408,053
Phase II Dollars
$1,928,773
Total Awarded
$2,336,826

Synopsis: Awardee Business Condition

Employee Range
75-99
Revenue Range
7.5M-10M
VC funded?
No
Public/Private
Privately Held
Stock Info
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IP Holdings
5-9

Awards Distribution by Agency

Most Recent SBIR Projects
Year Phase Agency Total Amount
2005 2 Navy $1,404,747
Project Title: Automated Launch and Recovery of Un-tethered, Mini-Unmanned Underwater Vehicles from Unmanned Surface Vehicles
2004 1 Navy $69,363
Project Title: Automated Asset Deployment and Retrieval System from Organic Offboard Vehicles (OOVs)
2004 1 Navy $69,934
Project Title: Advanced Pressure-Tolerant UUV Batteries for Fleet Use
2003 1 DARPA $98,957
Project Title: Rapid Design & Development of Behaviors for Autonomous Vehicles
2001 2 Navy $693,825
Project Title: Pressure-Tolerant Batteries for Autonomous Undersea Applications

Key People / Management

  Robert Grieve

  Jon Tobias -- Business Director, Defense & International Markets

  Samuel Tolkoff

Company News

Feb 22 2016
General Dynamics Mission Systems Acquires Bluefin Robotics
Apr 17 2014
MIT-Bred Robot Dives into the Search for MH370