HADDY’s Large-Format Robotic 3D Printing to Power Red Cat’s Drone Boat Production

• In May 2025, Joris Peels, as is his custom, wrote a prescient article about Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) and Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), i.e., drone boats. Listing a multifaceted range...

In May 2025, Joris Peels, as is his custom, wrote a prescient article about Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) and Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), i.e., drone boats. Listing a multifaceted range of cost advantages that maritime drones could yield compared with conventional maritime defense systems, Joris concluded that autonomous systems presented genuine potential to disrupt the world’s existing balance of naval power. In 2026, of course, the US Navy is using drone boats in active conflict for the first time as part of operations in the war in Iran, and Iran’s success at maintaining an effective blockade in the Strait of Hormuz depends in no small part on kamikaze drone boats. Meanwhile, the US Navy recently announced it is setting up a marketplace for medium USVs. This is the contex