In 2025, Hangzhou Weihai Ark Technology Co., Ltd. presented an outstanding performance report: The annual production volume of unmanned vessels exceeded 480 units, setting a new record since the company’s establishment. It accelerated its progress in the intelligent equipment sector for domestic waters, and with solid market data, it proved the product strength and industry recognition.
I. Enterprise Strength: Deeply engaged in intelligent waterborne equipment, establishing a solid technological foundationHangzhou Weihai Fangzhou is a high-tech enterprise specializing in the research, manufacturing and sales of intelligent unmanned vessels. It has a 10,000-square-meter modern production base, including 3,000 square meters of professional workshops and 1,000 square meters of R&D and office areas. Adjacent to a natural lake, it provides an ideal water environment for product testing. The company’s R&D team consists of technical talents from universities such as Zhejiang University and Tsinghua University. They focus on the research and development of unmanned vessels, underwater acoustic communication equipment, and underwater robots, forming a complete industrial chain from core technologies to complete machine manufacturing.
Relying on its profound technical accumulation, Weihai Ark has developed an unmanned vessel product portfolio covering various scenarios and tonnages:
Lightweight operation models: Blue Wave Warrior T800, Water Wave Vessel A600, suitable for routine scenarios such as river patrol inspection and water quality monitoring.
Professional high-precision models: Massive Observer R20, Crystal Vessel W60, meeting high-precision requirements for hydrological surveying and underwater exploration.
Specialized complex water area models: Double Hull Ship B60, Ocean Knight U55, among which U55 is the world’s first civilian trimaran unmanned vessel. With its trimaran design, it has significant advantages in stability and anti-wind-wave capabilities, suitable for complex sea conditions such as coastal and oceanic areas.Medium-sized multi-functional models: Sea Observer R60, supporting pure electric / hybrid electric power, with full autonomous navigation, intelligent obstacle avoidance, and multi-task payload integration capabilities. It has completed sea testing delivery in Sanya and can be widely applied in marine surveying, security patrol and other fields.
II. Ship Output Exceeds 480 Units: A Proof of Market Recognition and Core Competence
The 480-unit shipment represents a key milestone for the Yu Hai Ark unmanned vessel as it moves from “technical verification” to “large-scale implementation”. This achievement is a concentrated manifestation of three core competencies:
Technological autonomy and controllability, with performance benchmarking against international standardsCore technologies independently developed, achieving breakthroughs in key areas such as unmanned vessel power systems, wireless charging, underwater acoustic communication, and autonomous navigation. For instance, the self-developed brushless motor can be adapted to 3-6S lithium batteries, with a conversion efficiency exceeding 90% and a waterproof rating of IP68; the wireless charging system supports autonomous docking, dynamic attitude compensation, and is suitable for wave environments, enabling the unmanned vessel to achieve “autonomous charging and continuous operation”. The product has passed rigorous sea trials and environmental tests, demonstrating outstanding performance in specific water-related attributes such as salt fog resistance, vibration resistance, waterproofing, and moisture resistance, and can operate stably for long periods in inland rivers, lakes, and near-shore areas.
Scene-based customization, covering diverse needsFor different scenarios such as smart water conservancy, maritime security, environmental monitoring, marine scientific research, and emergency rescue, we provide customized unmanned vessel solutions. Whether it’s the lightweight requirements for daily river inspections or the high-precision mapping needs in complex sea conditions near the coast, our products and functions can be quickly matched to win the favor of customers in multiple fields such as water conservancy, environmental protection, maritime affairs, and research.
Full-process service, ensuring smooth implementation
From the initial demand research, product customization, to the mid-term production delivery, on-site commissioning, and the later-stage operation training and technical support, Weihai Ark provides full lifecycle services. At the same time, a complete after-sales network is established to respond quickly to customer issues, reduce the threshold for the use of unmanned vessels, and help customers achieve large-scale deployment.
III. Industry Significance: Promoting the Domestication and Large-scale Deployment of Waterborne Intelligent Equipment
The 480 units delivered by Weihai Ark are not only an important milestone for the company’s development, but also have multiple significances for the domestic waterborne intelligent equipment industry:
Breaking foreign monopolies and accelerating domestic substitution: With high cost-effectiveness and localized services, it gradually replaces imported unmanned vessel products, reducing the cost of intelligent construction in domestic water areas.Leading large-scale application and activating industry potential: It sets a benchmark for “technological maturity + market implementation” in the industry, promoting unmanned vessels to move from “pilot demonstration” to “large-scale deployment”, and helping the rapid development of fields such as smart water conservancy, smart maritime affairs, and smart ocean.
Technology feeds back into innovation, building a virtuous ecosystem: The market feedback resulting from large-scale shipments feeds back into technological iteration and product optimization, driving the unmanned vessels to continuously upgrade in terms of endurance, intelligence, and reliability, forming a “technology – market – technology” virtuous cycle.III. Future Outlook: Heading towards the new blue ocean of aquatic intelligent equipment
In 2025, the shipment volume will exceed 480 units, marking a new beginning for Weihai Ark. In the future, the company will continue to increase its research and development investment, focusing on the research and development of long-duration, fully autonomous, and formation-based unmanned vessels, to expand applications in complex scenarios such as the open sea and deep sea; at the same time, it will deepen cooperation with industries such as water conservancy, environmental protection, and maritime affairs, promoting the deep integration of unmanned vessels with the Internet of Things, big data, and artificial intelligence, and creating an integrated solution of “unmanned vessels + data services + intelligent operation and maintenance”, injecting stronger impetus into the development of intelligent equipment for water areas in China and facilitating the comprehensive upgrade of the intelligent aquatic ecosystem.