US Navy Awards Contract to Gecko Robotics to Inspect Ships

A Gecko Robotics wall-climbing robot.

Source: Gecko Robotics

The US Navy and the General Services Administration awarded a contract worth up to $71 million to Gecko Robotics to use its wall-climbing robots to assess the health of naval vessels, the company announced Tuesday.

The five-year contract will initially cover as much as $54 million in work and allow agencies across the US government to access the technology.