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 will serve as the prototyping and production hub for its medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV) fleet,
Saronic notes that Gulf Craft has a 60-year history of developing manned and unmanned ships for defense and commercial customers and that the deal gives it the infrastructure and...