Wharton Aerospace’s Ellen Chang interviews Mike Flanigan, the CEO of autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) company Seasats. Mike has a background in both the world of software and hardware and conceived of Seasat after spending multiple years of his career observing inefficiencies in the maritime industry at the cross section of the technical realm and business strategy. He discusses the factors that led to the recent rise of “Bluetech”, how ASV’s are leveraged by both the public and private sectors to scale maritime operations, and reveals Seasats’ thesis for navigating the inherent trade-offs of working with the government as a tech startup.