Exclusive: Navier touts new boats amid push to "out-innovate" U.S. rivals

• "Out-innovate means not just producing cheaper vessels," she said in an interview. "The vessels have to be a step-function superior."
• "When it comes to maritime, which is of huge national security, geopolitical, trade and economic risk, we are behind," she said.
• "I want to build a company with the understanding 'How do you make America win?'"

Zoom in: Quanta, launching in 2026, builds on the company's existing N30 Pioneer, which has logged thousands of foiling hours.

• Quanta is being pitched as compact — optimized for patrols and surveillance. Renderings that Axios reviewed show several configurations, including unmanned surface vessel and cargo-carrying.

Zoom out: Navier, just a few years old, is a dual-use company. Defense, Bhattacharyya said, is "a key part of restoring our leadership."

• Navier is already working with the U.S. Navy, and its customers include big-name defense players such as Leidos.
• While the company builds sensors, it doesn't build weapons.

The bottom line: "I believe the technology we have built, and the vessels we are building, will play a key part in fundamentally changing America's positioning on the seas," Bhattacharyya said.

• "We can have a presence that will be unmatched."