The Autonomous Mothership
For Drones
Smart Persistent CatamaransLaunch, Recover, Recharge
Aerial, Surface, and Underwater drones
Persistent Presence Across Three Domains, No Crew at Risk.
The Problem
Drones are here.
The launchpad is missing.
Just like aircraft need a carrier, drones need a mothership at sea.
Today’s drones can’t survive at sea on their own. They can’t reach the launch location under their own power, they run out of energy on long missions, and they need somewhere to return to for recovery and resupply. Right now the only alternative is a crewed supply ship, and that is expensive and puts people at risk.
$175M
Cost of a single P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft
$200K/day
Operational cost of a Coast Guard Cutter
148 lives
At risk aboard a single Coast Guard Cutter
Neptune Dynamix makes the hive for the drones.
The Solution
The Self-Righting Catamaran
This is the mothership for drones — patent-pending and full-scale tested.
Catamarans beat monohulls on every axis that matters at sea — more area for solar harvesting, more stability, less drag, more payload, lower build cost, ultimate utility:
The ocean’s pickup truck.
International Patent Application No. PCT/US26/31486 — Passive Self-Righting Multihull Vessel
3 Domains
One mothership for aerial, surface & underwater drones
One single platform, one hive
6+ Months
Persistent solar endurance, no refueling
Optional fuel cell for extended dark periods
500 lb
Payload capacity on the flagship Endurance 20
Removable deck boxes · beachable
Mothership for Three Domains
Launches, recovers, and recharges aerial, surface, and underwater drones from a single hull — one hive at sea instead of a fleet of expensive crewed motherships.
Unmatched Power Budget
800 W continuous (10 kW burst) reserved for payload and drone recharging on the flagship Endurance 20 — far beyond what competitors can offer.
Self-Righting & Near-Stealth
Patent-pending catamaran design recovers from capsizing, passively and full-scale tested. The low profile keeps it near-invisible on the water.
Edge-AI Autonomy & Swarming
Full autonomy with collision avoidance and swarm coordination, powered by an Nvidia Jetson Nano at the edge — no operator in the loop required.
Starlink + MOSA
Always-on Starlink broadband. Open MOSA architecture with standard APIs accepts any customer-furnished equipment or payload.
Persistent & Beachable
6+ months of continuous solar-powered operation, with an optional fuel cell for extended dark periods. Low-draft hull beaches on any shoreline.
The Platform
The Endurance Series
Three scalable variants.
Endurance 10
Prototype during autonomy testing in San Diego Bay
How We Compare
The attritable marsupial, in context
Against conventional drone-carrying vessels and crewed cutters on the water today, Endurance 20 delivers dramatically reduced costs and operating expenses — with zero personnel risk.
| Neptune DynamixEndurance 20 | TextronTsunami | US Coast GuardLegend Class Cutter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost / Operations | $250K / <$1K per day | $35M / $18K per day | $684M / $350K per day |
| Payload Power | 800 W cont'd · 10 kW burst | As required | As required |
| Fuel / Range | Solar · unlimited | Gas, diesel · 600 NM | Diesel · 1,200 NM |
| Marsupial Drone Support | |||
| Speed (Cruise / Top) | 5 / 15 kn | 25 / 40 kn | 18 / 28 kn |
| Personnel Risk | None | None | 148 lives |
Cutter shown for capability/risk context, not as a direct substitute — different mission class and budget line.
An ocean truck with many uses
Customizable payloads enable a broad range of maritime missions.
Drone Launch, Recovery & Recharge
Mothership for aerial, underwater, and surface drones — launch, land, and recharge in the field. Autonomous, with live feed, command and control from thousands of miles away.
Power Supply
Distributed power across the ocean. Power for communication equipment, sensors, tethered systems. 800 W cont'd · 10 kW burst
ISR & Surveillance
Set perimeters to detect and identify surface and underwater activity — from illegal fishing to contested strait monitoring. Capable power supply for EO/IR, radar, sonar, and ELINT instrumentation. Edge AI for data pre-processing
Delivery & Logistics
Safe, autonomous transport through contested and GPS-denied environments. The beachable catamaran reaches shorelines other keeled vessels can't.
Leadership
The Team
Deep expertise in aerospace, semiconductors, enterprise software, and maritime autonomy — backed by advisors from special operations, defense procurement, and international business.
Dietmar TreesPhD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
15+ patents across aerospace and semiconductor industries. PI on two Phase 1 SBIR awards. Brings deep systems integration and tech startup expertise to maritime autonomy.
Mark Ott
Chief Operating Officer
Serial USV founder — OceanAero, SubSeaSail, and Harbor Wing. Unmatched operational and commercial depth across the unmanned surface vehicle industry.
JD Klaka
Chief Technology Officer
Experienced Engineering Manager in enterprise cloud infrastructure at Microsoft, bringing advanced software architecture and systems optimization expertise to the USV industry.
Advisors
Board of Advisors
Ivan BatanovMS, MBA
Advisor & Co-Founder
Daniel RoutierMSc, MBA
Marketing
Ryan Fayrweather
Ex-Director, USASAC CENTCOM
Steve Brignoli
Ex-Special Ops Task Unit Commander
Ping Wang
Secretary General, Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce of San Diego
Contact
Let’s talk
Interested in deploying an autonomous mothership for your mission? We’d love to hear from you.