Supplier · Australia
Birdon
HQ Port Macquarie, AustraliaFounded 1977501-1000 employees
Privately owned Australian maritime engineering company and shipbuilder that designs, builds, maintains and decommissions vessels, including army watercraft and littoral craft for U.S. and Australian forces. It completed at-sea testing for the U.S. Navy's Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel program in 2026 but did not win a production award.
Programs1 program
Programs1
| Program | Role | Program status | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) Family of Systems | Competing bidder | Production | Reported |
- Competing bidder · Production
Capabilities2
| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naval vessels and shipbuilding | Supplier | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Australian shipbuilder building army watercraft and littoral craft for U.S. and Australian forces, and tested a Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel for the U.S. Navy. | Reported |
| Uncrewed systems | Supplier | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Australian shipbuilder building army watercraft and littoral craft for U.S. and Australian forces, and tested a Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel for the U.S. Navy. | Reported |
- Supplierclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Australian shipbuilder building army watercraft and littoral craft for U.S. and Australian forces, and tested a Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel for the U.S. Navy.—Reported
- Supplierclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Australian shipbuilder building army watercraft and littoral craft for U.S. and Australian forces, and tested a Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel for the U.S. Navy.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
Sources4
- 1
Military Times · Sep 29, 2026 · Supports Organization
“Sea Machines, Leidos, PacMar Technologies and Birdon also completed at-sea testing and competed for a contract but ultimately lost the bid to produce vessels for the Navy.”
- 2DatabaseBirdon Group
Australian Defence Magazine · Supports Organization
“Birdon is a proudly privately owned, Australian manufacturer and industry partner specialising in global maritime engineering.”
- 3
Sea-Air-Space · Supports Organization
“Established in 1977, Birdon is an experienced prime contractor with an operational footprint that includes five established locations across the United States”
- 4
Birdon · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city
“800+ employees”
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