The AUVSI Maritime Advocacy Committee (MAC) sets the federal legislative and regulatory priorities for the association based on input and feedback from its membership. The committee develops advocacy goals and policy positions to enable all AUVSI members to speak with a unified voice on behalf of the UMS industry.
The MAC is currently accepting new members! Apply to see if you qualify.
Committee Members:
ADS
AeroVironment
American Bureau of Shipping
Anduril
AppliedIntuition
ATI
AustalUSA
BlackSea Tech
Boeing
Booz Allen Hamilton
Chance Maritime
Cherokee Nation
Compound Eye
Dark Wolf Solutions
DroneShield
Echodyne
Edge Autonomy
Elbit Systems
Exail
Fincantieri Marine Group
General Atomics
Greenpoint UxS
Highpoint Aerosystems
HII
Jaia Robotics
Kaman
Kongsberg
Leidos
Lockheed Martin
Low Country Maritime
MARTAC
Metron
Ocean Aero
Ocean STL
Ocius
OKSI
OPT
Primordial Labs
PteroDynamics
QinetiQ
RTI
RTX
Reynolds Strategies
SAAB
SAIC
Saildrone
Saronic
SEACORP
SSCI
Sea Machines
Sea Robotics
Seaborne Defense
Secmation
Shield AI
Terradepth
Textron Systems
ThayerMahan
Ultra Maritime
UXV Technologies
VATN Systems
XTEND
Chairman: Larry Ryder (Austal USA)
Vice-chairman: Jenny Roberts (SAIC)
Policy Priorities:
- Establish the Maritime Advocacy Committee as the preeminent industry voice influencing acquisition policies and processes.
- Facilitate the growth of Uncrewed Maritime Systems through active engagement with the government, transportation, and commercial sectors.
- 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.
- Develop the future of the UMS workforce through technology-focused education.
Information regarding the Unmanned Maritime Autonomy Architecture may be found HERE.
For more information, please contact Mike Smitsky at msmitsky@auvsi.org .
About AUVSI
The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) — the world's largest non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of uncrewed systems and robotics — represents corporations and professionals from more than 60 countries involved in industry, government and academia. AUVSI members work in the defense, civil and commercial markets. For more information, visit AUVSI.org.
