(VANCOUVER, Wash.) — Saronic Technologies and Vigor Marine Group have announced a strategic partnership focused on rapidly advancing the delivery of autonomous maritime capabilities and strengthening operational support for defense and commercial customers. This partnership brings together two maritime innovators with complementary capabilities, whose combined expertise can help support U.S. government and commercial customers in a rapidly changing environment.
Vigor brings decades of experience in complex aluminum and small vessel fabrication, ship repair, and sustainment as one of the leading maintenance and modernization prime contractors in the United States, with a presence on both the West and East coasts, supporting defense and commercial operations. Saronic, one of the fastest-growing defense technology companies in the U.S., blends expertise in maritime autonomy, platform design and development, and high-rate production, enabling the rapid delivery of autonomous surface vessels (ASVs) at speed and scale.
Under the agreement, Vigor and Saronic will work closely to identify opportunities to advance the priorities of core U.S. government and commercial maritime customers. Together, the partners are focused on accelerating innovation while expanding the industrial and operational support required for autonomy at scale.
“This partnership brings together two leaders in the maritime industry to collaboratively create a full life-cycle solution that can ensure our maritime customers are mission-ready today and into the future,” said Dino Mavrookas, co-founder and CEO of Saronic. “Combining Saronic’s technical leadership in autonomous maritime systems and scaled production with Vigor’s strategically located infrastructure and experience in maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) and life-cycle sustainment creates new opportunities to accelerate capability delivery and ensure that government and commercial customers can count on a reliable, trusted sustainment network to meet the readiness requirements for larger autonomous ships today and into the future.”
“Partnering with Saronic is a tremendous opportunity for Vigor Marine Group to harness our innovative spirit and long history in the marine fabrication and MRO markets to provide solutions for our customers in this rapidly changing maritime environment,” said Francesco Valente, CEO of Vigor Marine Group. “As an industry leader, we are always looking ahead at our customers’ future needs, whether in military readiness or commercial uses. With this partnership, we are aligning our core strengths to advance autonomous maritime capabilities that meet the urgent and evolving needs of our defense and commercial customers.”
– Vigor Marine Group
