“Blue Tech for the maritime defense sector feels like where Clean Tech was a decade ago,” said Greg Murphy, executive director of The Maritime Alliance, a San Diego trade group for the Blue Tech industry. “There is momentum. The Navy is increasingly using autonomous systems, and the large defense contractors are starting to buy up smaller Blue Tech companies that are developing systems.”

 

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