Press Release
Vancouver, WA, July 14, 2025
Saronic Technologies and Vigor Marine Group Announce Strategic Partnership
Saronic Technologies and Vigor Marine Group today 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 trusted 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 robust presence on both the West and East coast, supporting both defense and commercial operations. Saronic, one of the fastest-growing defense technology companies in the U.S., blends deep 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 lifecycle solution that can ensure our maritime customers are mission-ready today and into the future,”
- 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 lifecycle 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.”
This partnership reflects a shared commitment to advance U.S. maritime systems and shipbuilding in a way that is operationally effective, economically sustainable, and aligned with national security priorities. By combining Vigor and Saronic’s expertise, proven experience, and industry knowledge, the collaboration can help shape the future of maritime capability delivery and industrial base readiness across the full mission lifecycle.
“Exploring the combination of Saronic’s autonomy technologies and Vigor’s experience in marine vessel fabrication, subsystem integration, and MRO support enables us to find solutions to better support the warfighter,” said Mark Norris, Vice President of Vigor Marine Fabrication.
About Vigor Marine Group
Vigor Marine Group is a values-driven, established, differentiated, integrated partner with a national footprint in marine maintenance and modernization, marine fabrication, and marine services. With operations in six locations, the family of companies employs 2,500 people in the Pacific Northwest, Virginia, California and Alaska. Our spirit of innovation and legacy of performance make Vigor Marine Group a preferred, full-service prime contractor in the defense and maritime sectors, offering advanced services and complete solutions for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, Military Sealift Command, state ferry systems, the cruise industry, the commercial fishing industry, and more. With deep respect for people and the planet, Vigor Marine Group strives to be a positive, regenerative force for good – environmentally, in the lives of its employees and in the community. For more information, visit vigormarine.comOpens in a new tab.
About Saronic Technologies
Saronic Technologies is a defense technology company that designs and manufactures Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASVs) at scale. In an increasingly complex and competitive global security environment, Saronic is on a mission to protect our way of life by integrating ASVs into traditional naval fleets and commercial maritime operations, enabling operators to go farther and do more with less risk to life and mission. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Saronic employs world-class experts in technology, engineering, naval architecture, and scalable manufacturing to deliver ASVs at the speed and scale of mission relevance. For more information, visit https://www.saronic.com/.
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