Saronic has launched its first Marauder Medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV), targeting dual-use autonomous capability for missions far from shore, with a range of up to 5,400 nautical miles.
The company says the system can run fully autonomously or under remote human supervision for extended periods, with a mission payload that can be configured using ISO-container loadouts.
Marauders long-range performance and ISO payload options
Marauder is specified with a top speed of 25+ knots and a range of up to 5,400 nautical miles, alongside a 150-metric-ton payload capacity.
Saronic says the vessel can be configured to accommodate up to four 40-foot ISO containers or up to eight 20-foot ISO containers, and that mission loads such as logistics, research, maritime domain awareness, and persistent intelligence can be tailored without modifying the platform.
How the autonomy is intended to be operated
Saronic designs Marauder to operate fully autonomously or under remote human supervision.
The company also positions the platform for long-duration operations far from shore without supporting a full crew or putting them in harms way.
Fleet intelligence platform for real-time human-on-the-loop visibility
Saronic developed a software-based fleet intelligence platform alongside the Marauder hardware, providing operators human-on-the-loop visibility into internal autonomous operations in real time.
The platform surfaces telemetry, vessel state, and subsystem status continuously, and includes alerting, logging, and historical data replay for diagnostics and forensics. Saronic says it also enables remote operator intervention in onboard autonomous processes.
Franklin shipyard production targets through end-2026
Saronic says the first Marauder hull moved from initial design to on-water trials in under a year, with the build speed tied to an in-house production approach at its Franklin, Louisiana shipyard.
The company expects expanded production capacity to be completed by the end of 2026, with Franklin capable of producing up to 20 Marauders per year. Saronic says the second hull was flipped in March 2026, is being outfitted with mechanical, electrical, and autonomy systems, and that the third and fourth hulls are under construction; it also says work on the second hull is progressing 25 percent faster than the first and that additional efficiencies are expected as production scales.