Autonomy software provider Metron has partnered with Cellula Robotics, a developer of subsea robotic systems, to build long-duration uncrewed underwater vehicle capabilities for use in the defense, subsea telecommunications, offshore energy and marine scientific exploration markets.

Metron Inc. and Cellula Robotics sign a teaming agreement to develop long-duration UUV solutions.

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Systems Planning & Analysis, Inc. (“SPA”), a leading provider of strategic advisory, systems engineering, modeling and simulation, advanced analytics, industrial policy, and program management solutions to government and defense customers in the United States and its Allies, announced that it has acquired the ORCA division of Metron. ORCA specializes in operations research, systems of systems engineering, model-based system engineering, and digital engineering processes for the Navy and other marquee national security customers. After closing, Jeff Monroe, Coni Ratonel and Matt Norton will continue to manage ORCA as a division within SPA’s Naval, Nuclear and Critical Infrastructure sector, led by Vice Admiral (Ret.) Terry Benedict