Riptide Autonomous Solutions Launches Riptide Canada
Riptide has announced its first international expansion with the creation of Riptide Autonomous Solutions Canada. Headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Riptide Canada is being established to support the increasing demand in Canada and abroad for affordable, flexible autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) systems.
Leonard Baker, Riptide Canada’s director, said: “I’m tremendously happy to be starting the next iteration of Riptide in an exciting location with a significant demand and market expansion underway. We are looking to continue the steep growth and success of Riptide by establishing a Canadian subsidiary positioned to support a very active marine technology user and development market.“ He added that they expect to see robust employee headcount growth as several new programmes come to fruition and more vehicles are delivered over the next few years.
Jeff Smith, Riptide’s president and CEO, said: “We are excited to be in a position to add this office in such a critical location as Halifax, supporting our local customers and working closely to enable the cutting-edge maritime development and leading-edge research with flexible and extensible AUV systems. Leonard Baker’s technical knowledge and experience developing all of Riptide’s products, combined with his corporate history from our founding three and a half years ago, makes him the ideal candidate to lead this effort.”
Riptide Canada plans to establish development, production and support capabilities in the Halifax area and add staff to meet its growing product demands over the next several years.