Two American defense companies have entered into a strategic agreement to build a high-tech “wall of steel” in the Gulf of America to support oil & gas and commercial shipping operations.

The partnership between South Carolina-headquartered marine autonomy specialist Janus Marine & Defense and New Mexico-based U.S. Department of War RF Systems contractor Raven Defense aims to take pressure off the U.S. Navy while protecting U.S. oil & gas and shipping operations in the Caribbean and Gulf of America.