More than 100 former personnel helped to create the 30ft vessel from an oak felled on the anniversary of D-Day in 2018.

The three-year-old startup is in talks to raise a Series C round that would value it at more than $3 billion, just months after raising funding at a unicorn valuation.

Things get more complicated than that – cargo vessels on the Great Lakes are commonly referred to as boats, despite their very large size – but we'll maintain our focus on the military.

The newly designed 87-foot Protector Class coastal patrol boat has several enhancements over the aging 82-foot boats, including improved mission sea keeping abilities (up to sea state 5 ...

Several Defender Class boats are already in operation by other Homeland Security Department agencies as well as foreign military services for their homeland security missions.