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Kraken Technology Group
Designs and builds the K3 Scout family of high-speed uncrewed surface vessels (medium variant: 8 m, 600 kg payload, 55 kt) for naval ISR, interdiction and experimentation. Royal Navy Project BEEHIVE buyer of 20 K3 Scouts; $49M USSOCOM OTA (Nov 2025); July 2026 world-first extracted-load airdrop of a USV from an A400M with the Royal Navy and Capewell. Slug deliberately kraken-technology-group to avoid collision with the registered kraken-robotics (distinct Canadian company).
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K3 Scout
- High-speed USV; medium variant 8 m long, 600 kg payload, top speed ~55 knots; 20 ordered by the Royal Navy under a £12.3M contract (Project BEEHIVE)
press-stated specs and Royal Navy order
Claim source - World's first extracted-load airdrop of a USV: K3 Scout released from an Airbus A400M into the North Sea with the Royal Navy and Capewell (8 July 2026)
press-reported first-of-kind demonstration
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Series B
DTCP Defence, British Business Bank, NATO Innovation Fund, Rheinmetall, Inocea Group, Supernova Invest
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