Situated on 835 acres with the option to expand to nearly 4,400 acres, Port Alpha will be the largest shipyard in the U.S., nearly double the size of the next five largest shipyards combined

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This week, we broke ground on Port Alpha. What starts here in Brownsville, Texas will become a new center for US shipbuilding, designed to build at the speed and scale America needs. And we're just getting started.

VP Vance at Saronic groundbreaking in Texas: "What this facility represents to me is the American Dream renewed. And an American Dream built by American workers, created by American companies, and ensuring that the next generation of America's future is in our hands."

Rebuilding the American Dream starts with ensuring that American jobs go to our great American citizens. I was proud to join @GregAbbott_TX and the Saronic team this morning for the groundbreaking ceremony of Port Alpha, where the next generation of American shipbuilding will be made by American hands. Thanks to President Donald Trump, American manufacturing is back and stronger than ever before!

Today, alongside Vice President @JDVance and Governor @GregAbbott_TX we broke ground on Port Alpha in Brownsville, Texas. Port Alpha is a new model for American shipbuilding: a shipyard designed from the ground up to build autonomous and manned ships at speed and scale. Backed by more than $3 billion in private investment, it is expected to create up to 10,000 direct jobs in Texas. We’re proud to begin this work with the Brownsville community and our partners across Texas. Read more:

Earlier today, Vice President JD Vance helped break ground on Saronic's new Port Alpha, where a $3 billion investment is expected to generate up to 10,000 jobs and lead to an economic impact of $264.5 billion for the great state of Texas! American shipbuilding is BACK!

Saronic has been awarded a production OT under the U.S. Navy's MUSV Marketplace for Marauder, our 180-foot dual-use autonomous ship — following a rigorous at-sea evaluation that tested the vessel’s capabilities. The trials included autonomously tracking and maneuvering around a variety of vessels, plus a battery of passive-perception tests — requiring Marauder to detect, track, and follow other vessels using only its passive onboard sensors, with no active radar. It's one of the hardest problems in autonomous maritime systems, and Marauder ran every scenario back-to-back on the same platform now under contract with the Navy. "Marauder went from initial design to on-the-water in under a year, and this evaluation demonstrated that the platform holds up under the Navy's own toughest testing," said Dino Mavrookas, CEO and Co-Founder. "We've now flipped our third Marauder hull, with several more moving through the production line behind it. We can build at that pace because we designed the autonomy, software, hardware, and the production process side-by-side, as one system, rather than bolting them together after the fact. That's what it means to be a vertically integrated shipbuilder, and it's why we've been able to build and deliver at speed and scale."

We have successfully completed a sheltered-water autonomous towing demonstration for @DARPA’s Pulling Guard program. In under six months, our team moved from selection for the program to designing, building, and testing a new vessel created for this effort. During the demonstration, the uncrewed vessel autonomously executed every phase of the towing concept of operations, from station-keeping and connection through towing transit and a controlled disconnect. Every planned test objective was met, including proving that autonomous winch control could be fully integrated with Saronic’s existing autonomy stack and operate as a single coordinated system throughout the sequence. Pulling Guard aims to develop flexible, semi-autonomous surface vessel systems that can escort and help protect unarmed logistics vessels at sea. Reliable autonomous towing and station-keeping are foundational to that concept, and proving these capabilities early reduces technical risk and generates real-world data that will inform the platform’s design and development as the program advances. We are proud to continue working with DARPA to move that concept closer to reality.

We’re proud to achieve ISO 9001:2015 certification—an important step as Saronic continues to scale. This certification validates that our vessels are built to the highest standard of quality through documented, repeatable, and independently audited processes. Learn more here:

We were pleased to welcome Rep. Sara Jacobs to Saronic’s San Diego office, our West Coast center of operations. We’re proud to be growing our presence in San Diego and contributing to the region’s longstanding leadership in defense innovation. During the visit, we had an opportunity to discuss how Saronic is delivering autonomous maritime capabilities at speed and scale to support our military, while working closely with end users to develop and refine those capabilities locally. As we continue to expand our local team, we’re creating high-quality jobs and investing in San Diego’s defense ecosystem in a meaningful way.

On Friday, we welcomed @SecWar to Saronic in Austin as part of the Arsenal of Freedom Tour. He toured our production line and spoke directly with our employees about the mission and the role their work plays in supporting those who serve. Thank you, Secretary Hegseth, for spending time with our team and reinforcing the urgency and importance of the work ahead.

.@SECWAR “Just this last June, two U.S. Army AH-64 Apache pilots went down in contested waters near Oman. Saronic’s rapidly fielded, 24-foot autonomous vessel, built right here in Austin—the Corsair USV—navigated forward and safely pulled the two pilots out of harm’s way, marking the first known combat search and rescue mission executed by an autonomous surface vessel in American history. Those pilots are alive today because of the innovation that takes place under this very roof."

In July, @CENTCOM forces struck an Iranian submarine and ship maintenance facility using three Corsair unmanned surface vessels—the first combat employment of sea drones in American military history. This is the new COMMERCIAL FIRST Department of War in action, where new entrant companies like @Saronic can rapidly deliver and scale lethal technology for the Joint Force. We will ensure our warfighters NEVER enter a fair fight. 🇺🇸

Our Franklin, Louisiana team just completed the hull flip for our third Marauder, a major production milestone, with Marauders 4 and 5 already moving through the line behind it. Our first Marauder is on the water, with a second close behind. We're moving fast to meet the urgency of the moment. With the expansion of our Franklin shipyard, we’re building the capacity to produce 20 Marauders every year, equivalent to one every 18 days. Congratulations to the entire Franklin team for making it happen. We're just getting started.

We’re excited to announce that Saronic has been awarded a U.S. Navy contract to build Landing Craft Utility (LCU) vessels at Port Alpha, our next-generation shipyard in Brownsville, Texas. Capable of transporting troops, vehicles, and up to 170 tons of cargo directly to beaches and unimproved shorelines, LCUs are essential to amphibious operations, resupply, and disaster-response missions. As Port Alpha’s first build, this program marks an important step toward expanding America’s maritime industrial capacity. It also advances our mission to deliver the vessels the Navy needs today while building toward an autonomous maritime future. Production is expected to begin in 2028, with initial deliveries planned for 2029. Read the full announcement:

Autonomous maritime vessels can take on demanding offshore missions like survey and inspection, subsea support, infrastructure monitoring, and safety standby while reducing the need to put people in harm’s way. As our work in commercial maritime continues to grow, Kevin Humphreys joins Saronic as VP of Commercial, bringing deep experience from Lloyd’s Register and Wärtsilä. He’ll help grow Saronic’s expansion into these markets as we bring our autonomous maritime capabilities to a broader set of missions at sea. To hear more about where autonomy can make offshore operations safer and more efficient, check out a recent interview our COO, Doug Lambert, conducted with Veriten’s C.O.B. Tuesday podcast: Looking forward to our continued expansion across offshore energy and commercial maritime.