2020

Apr 2020 – Kraken Announces Partnership Agreement with Greensea Systems
Mar 2020 – Kraken Announces $2.8 Million of Contracts and Provides Corporate Update
Jan 2020 – Kraken Awarded $0.5 Million SeaVision Contract from Government of Canada

2019

Dec 2019 – Kraken Acquires Remaining 25% of Kraken Power
Nov 2019 – Kraken Announces Major Subsea Battery Milestone With Ocean Infinity
Oct 2019 – Kraken Receives $750,000 of Innovation Funding
Oct 2019 – Kraken Notified of Successful Bid on International Mine Hunting Upgrade Program
Sep 2019 – Kraken Awarded $2.9 Million KATFISH Contract from ThayerMahan Inc.
Sep 2019 – Kraken Launches OceanVision Project
Aug 2019 – Kraken Awarded $2 Million Deep Sea Battery Contract
Aug 2019 – Kraken Awarded $1.8M in Project Funding to Develop Mooring Chain Laser Inspection Sensor
Jul 2019 – Announced appointment of Joe MacKay to CFO, Greg Reid to COO, Dave Shea to Senior VP Engineering, Tina Sainsbury to VP Finance
Jun 2019 – Announced conditional approval of funding for $20M Ocean Supercluster Project called OceanVision
Jun 2019 – Awarded $0.9M FCT contract from US Navy for SAS for 2 man-portable AUV
Jun 2019 – Awarded $2.1M KATFISH contract from ThayerMahan Inc.
Jun 2019 – Established Unmanned Maritime Vehicles Facility at COVE in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Apr 2019 – Awarded $0.6M contract for subsea battery solution for military customer
Apr 2019 – Awarded $1M funding contribution to support initial phase of OceanVision project
Apr 2019 – Awarded $1M contract for ThunderFish AUV from Government of Canada
Mar 2019 – Announced AquaPix MINSAS-240 sensor
Mar 2019 – Received $2.3M from exercise of warrants by Ocean Infinity
Feb 2019 – Awarded $1.7M contract from Ocean Infinity
Jan 2019 – Awarded $0.5M contract under Canada’s Defence Innovation Research Program
Jan 2019 – Announced completion of majority acquisition of Kraken Power GmbH

2018

Dec 2018 – Completed $6M bought deal equity financing
Dec 2018 – Completed successful sea tests of KATFISH with Elbit Systems
Nov 2018 – Awarded $0.5M contract from Canadian Department of Defence
Sep 2018 – Announced co-operation agreement with Leeway Marine for SeaScout RaaS offering
Sep 2018 – Awarded $1.0M software contract from international defence contractor
Sep 2018 – Completed successful showcase of SeaScout RaaS offering with Thayer Mahan during U.S. Navy exercise
Aug 2018 – Announced CRADA with US National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Aug 2018 – Received $1.0M from exercise of warrants
Aug 2018 – Awarded $0.5M AquaPix contract with international defence customer
Aug 2018 – Commenced testing of KATFISH with US Navy
Aug 2018 – Awarded $9M deep sea batteries contract from Ocean Infinity Ltd
Jul 2018 – Announced establishment of Acoustic Signal Processing Group in Toronto
Jul 2018 – Signs Strategic Alliance MOU with Ocean Infinity Ltd
Jun 2018 – Obtains DTC eligibility of common shares
Jun 2018 – Kraken completes $2.3M equity raise with Ocean Infinity Ltd.
Jun 2018 – Awarded $0.9M contracts for evaluation of SeaVision sensors and AI software
Jun 2018 – Kraken pre-qualifies SeaVision for Canada’s BCIP program
May 2018 – Announced KATFISH has achieved MIL-STD certification
May 2018 – Announced AquaPix Multispectral SAS
Apr 2018 – Announced Dr. Jeremy Dillon as Chief Scientist
Apr 2018 – Kraken pre-qualifies ThunderFish for Canada’s BCIP program
Feb 2018 – Kraken completes $1.5M equity raise
Feb 2018 – Kraken announces strategic alliance with ThayerMahan
Feb 2018 – Ocean Supercluster selected as one of 5 Government of Canada innovation superclusters and will receive part of $950 million in federal funding
Jan 2018 – Awarded repeat contract with leading military customer for Kraken SAS sensor.
Jan 2018 – Kraken wins international offshore wind energy competition (Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator competition)
Jan 2018 – Kraken real time sonar deployed on U.S. Navy AUV

2017

Nov 2017 – Awarded contract to develop underwater sensors & robotics to advance digitalization of integrated operations within offshore oil & gas sector
Oct 2017 – Announced partnership with Avitas Systems, a GE Venture, to advance subsea robotic inspection
Oct 2017 – Appointed retired Admiral Michael J. Connor, United States Navy, to Kraken Board of Directors
Sep 2017 – Announced public company name change to Kraken Robotics Inc. (from Kraken Sonar Inc.)
Sep 2017 – Announced historic Avro Arrow discovery using Kraken technology
Sep 2017 – Awarded multiple SAS sensor contract from Ocean Infinity
Aug 2017 – Awarded contract with Atlas Elektronik of Germany to integrate our SAS sensor on their AUV
Aug 2017 – Announced addition of key team members at Kraken Robotik GmbH
Jul 2017 – Announced Avro Arrow search job with OEX Recovery Group, first RaaS contract
Jul 2017 – Kraken takes delivery of THUNDERFISH® AUV from Fraunhofer
Jun 2017 – Awarded contract from ECA Robotics of France for our SAS sensor for their AUV
Jun 2017 – Announced teaming agreement with Atlas Elektronik GmbH. Partnering on Canadian RMDS program and the large Indian Navy MCM bid.
Jun 2017 – Announced support in sea trials for Belgian and Dutch navies. Kraken SAS was on Atlas SeaCat AUV and an AUV from an unnamed Israeli company.
May 2017 – Announced $0.8M grant from Newfoundland’s Research and Development Corporation for underwater robotics development
May 2017 – Announced strategic investment in ENITECH Subsea GmbH of Rostock, Germany and renamed Kraken Power GmbH.
May 2017 – Exited minority investment in Square Robot Inc.
Apr 2017 – Completed $2.1M equity raise for Kraken Robotics Inc.
Apr 2017 – Kraken Robotik GmbH awarded its first contract, to build a custom 6000m version of SeaVision from the Alfred Wegener Institute
Mar 2017 – Finalized exclusive licensing agreement with Fraunhofer ISOB for underwater robotics
Mar 2017 – Received $1.5M grant from Canadian government for underwater robotics development
Mar 2017 – Announced SeaVision™ 3D Laser System, the world’s first RGB underwater laser imaging system.
Mar 2017 – Announced partnership to supply SAS sensors to US-based Riptide Autonomous Solutions.
Mar 2017 – KATFISH™ completes successful sea trials
Jan 2017 – German subsidiary, Kraken Robotics GmbH, begins operations.

2016

Dec 2016 – Announced hire of Jeff Bartkowski, Director of Business Development
Nov 2016 – Announced addition of Shaun McEwan to Board of Directors
Nov 2016 – Announced $0.5M grant from Canadian government for autonomous LARS development.
Oct 2016 – Announced addition of Larry Puddister to Board of Directors
Sep 2016 – Signed MOU with Fraunhofer to license and develop 6000M AUVs that would include a full suite of Kraken sensors.
Aug 2016 – Completed $1.1M non-brokered private placement
Jun 2016 – Kraken and Square Robot Inc. sign strategic partnership agreement for confined area inspection robots.
May 2016 – Announced $0.4M proceeds for major European defense contractor
Apr 2016 – Announced contract for 6000M rated sensor with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Feb 2016 – Announce to supply Elbit Systems of Israel with KATFISH™ product
Feb 2016 – Announce $0.5M grant from Canadian government for KATFISH™ development.
Jan 2016 – Opened Nova Scotia Handling Systems division to focus on launch and recovery systems. Staffed by ex-Rolls Royce Marine engineers.

2015

Dec 2015 – Release SOUNDPIX for next generation seabed mapping in conjunction with Caris limited.
Nov 2015 Acquired technology and IP from Marine Robotics Inc.
Nov 2015 – Awarded $750,000 grant from Newfoundland’s RDC to fund KATFISH™ development.
Nov 2015 – Announced awarded $1.5M order from major defense contractor for KATFISH™
Aug 2015 – Announced $0.4M sensor contract wit ECA Robotics of France
Aug 2015 – Kraken and TriTech announce AQUATRAK® correlation velocity log (CVL) product, a derivative of Kraken’s SAS technology, targeted at the oil and gas sector for ROVs.
Jul 2015 – Announce addition of Dr. Tom Tureaud and Gina Miller as VP Underwater Systems and Project Manager.
Jun 2015 – Announce addition of Greg Reid as CFO
Apr 2015 – Established US-subsidiary, Kraken Underwater Systems, LLC.
Mar 2015 – Announce delivery of first 6000M rated MINSAS sensor to Fraunhofer Institute
Mar 2015 – Announce addition of Roman Kocur to Board of Directors
Mar 2015 – Announces $0.5M grant from Canadian government for INSAS sensor development.
Feb 2015 – Kraken Sonar Systems Inc. completes RTO of Anergy Capital to become publicly traded company (Kraken Sonar Inc. on TSX-V).

2014

October 2014 – Completed $2.3M private placement
August 2014 – Kraken named to MTR 100
June 2014 – Announced that chosen to provide technology and expertise for the search for the lost Franklin mission ships in the Canadian artic.
May 2014 – Delivered RTSAS to Australia’s Defense Science and Technology Organization (DSTO)
May 2014 – Delivered AquaPix® SAS to DRDC in Canada.
Kraken announced the AquaPix® MINSAS, a next generation Miniature Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Sonar designed for smaller diameter AUVs.

2013

Oct 2013 – Announced world’s first synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) priced under US$150,000
Aug 2013 – Kraken named to MTR 100
Aug 2013 – Kraken announced DataPod product
May 2013 – Announced delivery of InSAS product to DSTO Australia
May 2013 – Completed successful trials with U.S. Navy’s Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC)
Feb 2013 – Kraken and Triton Imaging announce OEM agreement to bundle Triton software with Kraken’s SAS
Jan 2013 – Awarded Canadian government grant to support development of correlation velocity log (CVL)

2012

Dec 2012 – Kraken acquires SAS IP from Marport Deep Sea Technologies Inc.
Sep 2012 – Kraken Sonar Systems Inc. established as a spin-out of Marport with 8 employees to commercialize synthetic aperture sonar.

2011

Jan 2011 – Hardware development of AquaPix® SAS sensor begins at Marport. INSAS signal processing software (INSIGHT) was developed in parallel.

AquaPix - Miniature Synthetic Aperture Sonar (Minsas) Brochure