Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:RCAT) ("Red Cat" or the "Company"), a U.S. based provider of advanced all domain drone and robotic solutions for defense and national security, announced that its Blue Ops maritime division has established a strategic partnership with Florida Atlantic University (FAU) that will expand Blue Ops’ maritime defense operations to FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce, Florida.

The partnership gives Blue Ops access to FAU Harbor Branch’s secure, 144-acre deep-water facility, including direct ocean access, waterfront infrastructure, specialized equipment and marine engineering and research expertise. The environment will allow Blue Ops to develop, integrate, test, and demonstrate uncrewed maritime systems under real-world conditions, accelerating the feedback between engineering, on-water evaluation and continued platform development.

The expansion comes as Blue Ops builds the U.S. infras