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- Sep 29, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Navy Orders 30 Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels From Three Louisiana Shipyards, Including Saronic's Marauder
- Saronic Technologies won a Navy production contract for its 180-foot Marauder autonomous surface vessel under the Navy's MUSV Marketplace on 29 September 2026; it is built at its yard in Franklin, Louisiana[1]
- USNI News reports three Louisiana shipyards will build 30 drone ships in a $1.2 billion Navy deal, and another report counts 10 of the 30 as Saronic Marauders[2]
- In the Navy evaluation the Marauder completed more than 140 test scenarios without failure over eight days of round-the-clock operations, including autonomous vessel tracking, maneuvering around other ships and passive-perception trials[1]
- The Marauder is 180 feet long, carries up to 150 metric tons of modular payload, has a range of up to 5,400 nautical miles and a top speed above 25 knots[1]
- Seven companies took part in the at-sea demonstrations, including Sea Machines, Leidos, Galliano Marine Services, PacMar Technologies, Birdon and Huntington Ingalls Industries[1]
- "Marauder went from initial design to on-the-water in under a year," said Saronic co-founder and CEO Dino Mavrookas[1]
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- [1]90%gcaptain.com/saronic-wins-navy-production-contract-for-180-foot-autonomous-surface-vesselgcaptain.com· Posted Oct 1, 2026· Starts Sep 29, 2026 ✓· 50% of score
gCaptain reports the Saronic award on 29 September 2026 and USNI[2] News the same day reports three Louisiana shipyards building 30 drone ships in a $1.2 billion MUSV deal.
- [2]85%3 Louisiana Shipyards to Build 30 Drone Ships in $1.2B Navy MUSV Deal - USNI Newsnews.usni.org· Published Sep 29, 2026· 50% of score
Naval news service reporting the three-yard, 30-vessel MUSV award worth $1.2 billion.[1]
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