GAO: Navy needs to act on challenges to RAS deployment
As was demonstrated only days ago by the rescue of two crew members from a downed Apache by a Saronic drone boat, the Navy is already successfully deploying Robotic Autonomous Systems (RAS)
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Saronic and Castelion aim to demonstrate hypersonic strike missile launch from MUSV
Autonomous vessel innovator Saronic Technologies is joining forces with Torrance Calif.-based hypersonic missile developer Castelion. They plan to integrate Castelion’s hypersonic strike missile Blackbeard with Saronic’s medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV) Marauder,
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Saronic’s first Marauder goes from design to on-water reality in under a year
Austin, Texas-headquartered autonomous vessel pioneer Saronic Technologies reports that it has launched the first of its Marauder medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV), moving the hull from initial design to on-water trials in
Saronic in MOU with Taiwan’s NCIST defense R&D insttute
Austin, Texas-headquartered autonomous vessel pioneer Saronic Technologies reports that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) to explore collaboration on
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VIDEO: Rove four-legged robotic welder starts shipyard work
Columbus, Ohio-based Path Robotics has been getting a lot of attention from shipbuilders lately. Now the company has launched Rove, a mobile robotic welding system that pairs the company’s Obsidian physical AI
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Autonomous vessel developer Saronic and Hornbeck Offshore Services partner up
Austin, Texas-headquartered autonomous vessel developer Saronic Technologies reports that it has entered a strategic partnership with OSV operator Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc.(HOS), to accelerate innovation and deployment of autonomous platforms, advanced software,
Gulf Craft acquired by autonomous vessel innovator Saronic
Austin, Texas, based autonomous vessel start up Saronic has acquired Franklin, La.-based shipbuilder Gulf Craft. It says that, with the acquisition, it gains a strategically located shipyard on the Gulf Coast that