Saronic acquires Gulf Coast shipyard for MUSV fleet

By Theresa Maher / April 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Maritime defense technology provider Saronic has acquired Louisiana-based shipbuilder Gulf Craft, and with it a "strategically located shipyard on the Gulf Coast" that will enable the scaled prototyping and production of its medium unmanned surface vessel fleet, the company announced today . Fleet production at the new shipyard, the company said, will start with Marauder, Saronic’s newly unveiled 150-foot autonomous surface vessel -- putting it at more than six times the size of the 24-foot Corsair vessel -- previously Saronic’s...

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