Australia’s national security is ­determined in large part by our control of the sea. As an island continent, our trade, ...

Saronic, a startup developing autonomous ships for defense, has raised $55 million in a Series A round led by Caffeinated Capital with participation from 8VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture ...

Autonomous vessel startup Saronic has acquired Louisiana-based shipbuilder Gulf Craft as a hub for production and prototyping to support the company’s unmanned vessel developmental efforts. “This new ...

Economical, adaptable and built in Australia over months, not years – deploying ASVs at scale would significantly boost the ...

Saronic plans to build bigger drone boats and a high-tech shipyard dubbed Port Alpha in the wake of a $600 million funding round. Why it matters: The U.S. military is obsessing over autonomy, robotics ...

Robot-shipbuilder Saronic wants to use the $600 million from its latest funding round to build a shipyard for medium and large uncrewed surface vessels—even as the Navy reconsiders its investment in ...

Austin-based defense startup Saronic has raised a $600 million Series C to build an autonomous ship factory called “Port Alpha,” it announced yesterday, quadrupling its valuation to $4 billion from ...

Concept graphic of Saronic's Marauder USV. The keel for the first Marauder was laid on 22 August 2025 in Louisiana, US. (Saronic Technologies) US-based unmanned surface vehicle (USV) builder Saronic ...

There are certain countries in the world that are even more breathtaking when experienced on water — and Greece is certainly one of them. Perched on the southern edge of the Balkan peninsula, Greece ...