Saronic’s Marauder Enters On-Water Trials Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. May 31, 2026 Source: Saronic Saronic has launched its first Marauder Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV), designed to deliver dual-use autonomous capability far from shore across the full range of defense and commercial applications. Marauder is built for the kinds of sustained, long-range missions that place the greatest demands on any maritime vessel and present the greatest risks to any crew. Operating fully autonomously or under remote human supervision, Marauder is designed tooperate far from shore, for extended periods, without the additional stresses and complexities of supporting a full crew or putting them in harm’s way. With a top speed of 25+ knots and a range of up to 5,400 nautical miles, Marauder can reposition rapidly and sustain operations across vast ocean distances. Its 150-metric-ton payload capacity, configurable to accommodate up to four 40-foot or eight 20-foot ISO containers, gives operators the flexibility to tailor the vessel’s mission load to meet their varied needs, including logistics, research, maritime domain awareness, persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), or other payloads without modifying the platform itself. That modularity across applications is critical to serve a broad base of customers who need a vessel that can adapt as mission requirements evolve. Marauder addresses a core challenge: delivering persistent, autonomous capability at scale, on a timeline that makes real fleet integration possible. With expanded capacity on track to be completed by the end of 2026, Saronic’s Franklin shipyard will be capable of producing up to 20 Marauders per year. That production rate is what turns autonomous ships from a prototype into a program. A New Model for Modern Shipbuilding The first Marauder hull moved from initial design to on-water trials in under a year. “I’m incredibly proud of our team for achieving this milestone. Designing, bu