Autonomy Takes Off Underwater
, a group of companies and professionals dedicated to delivering AUV technology that are intent on making the work on and below our oceans safer and more efficient. For insights on recently developments in the AUV sector, MTR reached out to several leading executives, including: Rear Admiral Fred Byus, USN (Ret.), Battelle; Richard Mills, Product Sales Manager for AUVs, Kongsberg Maritime AS; Stefan Reynisson, General Manager, Teledyne Gavia, and Graham Lester, VP Sales & Marketing, Hydroid Inc. for their insights. Briefly describe your company’s offering to the AUV market. Reynisson
Battelle Unifies Maritime Technologies Leadership Structure
Positions Battelle, Bluefin Robotics and SeeByte to offer market-driven innovation to government and commercial customers Battelle’s maritime technologies range will now be housed under one leadership structure lead by Rear Admiral Fred Byus, USN (Ret.) “to better meet the accelerating growth of the government and commercial maritime technology markets,” the company announced. Battelle said it has seen accelerating growth in the government and commercial maritime technology markets over the last decade and has undergone expansion—both organically and through
MTR 100: Battelle
505 King Ave., Columbus, OH 43201 T: 624-424-7208 E: [email protected] W: www.battelle.org CEO/President: Jeffrey Wadsworth GM: Fred Byus, RDML, USN (Ret.) Sales Manager: Rich Granger Number of Employees: 85 Annual Sales: $20 million The Case: Battelle’s Maritime Systems group provides customized hardware development, engineering services, product manufacturing and support. It can bring purpose built solutions to the most difficult technology challenges in the maritime environment especially addressing submersibles, persistence, life cycle engineering and sensors.
Rear Adm. Byus (Ret.) to Lead Battelle’s Maritime Systems Group
Fred Byus, a U.S. Navy retired Rear Admiral, has been named General Manager of Battelle’s Maritime Systems business unit. Byus joined Battelle in December 2007 as Vice President of National Security’s Navy Market Group after a distinguished 31-year career in the U.S. Navy. His Navy experience included leadership positions in nuclear engineering, submarines, and command and control of fleet and joint forces. Byus also has served as Oceanographer and Navigator of the Navy, Commander Naval Forces Korea, Commander Submarine Squadron Seven and Commanding Officer of USS Tautog. He served
MTR100 '13 Battelle
; 614-424-7208 Email: [email protected] Website: www.battelle.org CEO/President: Jeffrey Wadsworth Vice President: Patricia Gruber Marketing Director: Chris Corsbie Sales Manager: Fred Byus Number of Employees: 20,000 Annual Sales: $55,000,000,000.00 At major technology centers and national laboratories around the world, Battelle conducts cutting-edge research and development, designs and manufactures products, and delivers critical services
August 2025
