Saronic Technologies has announced a 150-foot (46-metre) USV purpose-built to support a wide range of missions for the US, its allies, and commercial customers.
With a payload capacity of 40 tonnes, the autonomous ship is designed to travel up to 3,500 nautical miles or loiter for more than 30 days, depending on mission requirements.
The USV is designed to be fully unmanned and will integrate the same autonomy stack used across Saronic’s existing family of ASVs.
Saronic maintains facilities in Austin comprising nearly 100,000 square feet of operational space, on top of a 5,000-square-foot ocean testing facility in Galveston, Texas, to ensure its ASVs can be evaluated and tested against real-world conditions and operational environments.
It recently purchased Louisiana-based shipyard Gulf Craft, significantly expanding its manufacturing footprint, and has plans for a huge new purpose-built shipyard it has dubbed "Port Alpha".
The company closed a $600 million funding round in February, valuing the company at $4 billion.