The company eventually hopes to mass-produce military and commercial vessels more than twice as large as the Corsair, which was recently deployed to rescue the crew of a downed Apache helicopter off the coast of Oman. The Mirage is a 52-foot autonomous surface vessel that has a nautical range of more than 2,500 miles, while the 180-foot Marauder has a range of more than 5,000 miles.

“America’s maritime future depends on our ability to build again,” says Dino Mavrookas, CEO of Saronic Technologies. “Port Alpha is our commitment to that mission. Built from the ground up to deliver ships at a speed and scale not seen since World War II, this investment is about more than constructing a shipyard. It is about rebuilding the industrial capacity, workforce and manufacturing advantage required to ensure American maritime leadership for decades to come.”

Mavrookas claims that Port Alpha “represents a new model for American shipbuilding—combining advanced manufacturing, software-defined production and autonomy at unprecedented scale….[It] embodies the transformation envisioned in national maritime strategy, one that leverages technology to strengthen deterrence, resilience and operational flexibility.”