{"title":"Exail vs Kongsberg Maritime: Marine & underwater compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/exail-vs-kongsberg-maritime","comparison":"Kongsberg Maritime ranks 39 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 84; Exail ranks 79 with 80. Kongsberg Maritime is ahead on deployment, commercials and progress. Level on production, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Exail is based in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, Kongsberg Maritime in Kongsberg, Norway. Exail: subsidiary. Kongsberg Maritime: Public. Exail is named in 3 signals and Kongsberg Maritime in 1.","companies":[{"name":"Exail","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/exail","city":"Saint-Germain-en-Laye","country":"France","stage":"subsidiary","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Exail is a French marine-robotics and inertial-navigation maker (Euronext:EXAIL, SBF 120 since 2025), with about 2,000 employees producing DriX USVs, A18 AUVs, the UMIS mine-countermeasure system, and Phins navigation. 2024 revenue was EUR 373M (2025 not captured), backed by a Belgian-Dutch mine-countermeasure program (~EUR 450M share), an Indonesian Navy UMIS selection, 100 Phins Compact units to a US UUV maker in summer 2025, and a Spanish MoD order. 2025 results, backlog, and DriX unit counts are open.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":79,"score":80,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":7,"firepower":8,"commercial":9,"deployment":8,"production":8,"technology":8},"why":"Exail develops and sells autonomous maritime and underwater robotic systems, including unmanned surface vessels, underwater drones, and mine-countermeasure systems for defense and industrial customers.","segment":"Marine & underwater","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":3,"facts_total":9},{"name":"Kongsberg Maritime","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/kongsberg-maritime","city":"Kongsberg","country":"Norway","stage":"Public","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Kongsberg Maritime is a Norwegian maker of ship automation and remote/autonomous navigation and propulsion systems, newly separated from KONGSBERG and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in April 2026, with Q1-26 revenue of NOK 6.6B (13.4% EBITDA margin) and a NOK 27.9B backlog. Order intake was NOK 7.5B (a 1.13 book-to-bill) with newbuild revenue up 20% YoY but softer aftermarket. Its HUGIN AUVs and USVs sit in a separate retained entity (Kongsberg Discovery), not this listed company.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":39,"score":84,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":8,"firepower":8,"commercial":10,"deployment":10,"production":8,"technology":8},"why":"Kongsberg Maritime develops autonomous and remotely operated marine systems, including autonomous vessel technologies, dynamic positioning, navigation, and integrated ship-control systems.","segment":"Marine & underwater","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":1,"facts_total":5}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}