DESCRIPTION
Saronic is a defense technology startup founded in 2022 that develops a full range of autonomous surface vessels from small 14-foot platforms to the 150-foot Marauder medium USV. The company secured a $392 million Navy contract to deliver autonomous vessels by 2031 and acquired a Louisiana shipyard to enable production of up to 50 vessels annually. Their modular ASV family includes the Cutlass, Corsair, Mirage, Cipher, and Marauder, all designed with open architecture for multi-mission flexibility and built for scalable mass production.