Gecko Robotics Lands The Largest US Navy Robotics Deal Yet

Gecko Robotics signs a landmark $71M US Navy robotics deal to inspect and maintain warships using AI-powered digital twins.
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Gecko Robotics Lands The Largest US Navy Robotics Deal Yet
Gecko Robotics Just Changed How the US Navy Maintains Its Fleet Forever The US Navy has a serious problem. Nearly half of its warships sit unavailable at any given moment, stuck in long, costly maintenance cycles that drain billions of dollars from the defense budget every year. Now, a Pittsburgh-based robotics company may have just found the answer, and the Navy is betting big on it. Gecko Robotics has officially signed the largest robotics contract in US Navy history, a five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity deal with an initial award of $54 million and a ceiling of $71 million. The deal was announced on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, and marks a turning point in how America maintains its most powerful military assets. Why the US Navy Turned to Robotics for Fleet Maintenance Maintaining a warship is nothing like servicing a car. These vessels are massive, structurally complex machines that operate in some of the world's harshest environments. A single maintenance cycle can tak…