Gecko Robotics' Navy contract ceiling rises to $300M from $71M in six months

Gecko Robotics said in a company release on Oct 20 that the U.S. Navy and the General Services Administration have raised the ceiling on its IDIQ contract to $300 million, six months after the initial $71 million award, a step-up of about 4.2 times by MEKAWIRE's arithmetic.

The Pittsburgh company said its wall-climbing robots, drones and fixed sensors find structural problems on ships and submarines up to 50 times faster than traditional methods and can save up to $8 million in repair costs per ship.

At the centre of the expansion is Komodo, a system that scans through thick non-skid deck coatings without stripping them and produces a full-deck heatmap of corrosion and material thickness before a ship enters drydock.

A ceiling is the maximum the government may order under the contract, not money already spent. MEKAWIRE context: Gecko raised a Series D at a $1.25 billion valuation in June 2025 and on Sept 28, 2026 announced work with NVIDIA on security controls for AI agents, both covered by MEKAWIRE.