Saronic Technologies, Austin, Texas, today announced the launch of the company’s 52' autonomous surface vessel (ASV) Mirage.
Mirage joins Saronic’s 24' Corsair and 180' Marauder platforms as the company’s third flagship vessel. According to Saronic, the vessel moved from initial design to launch in less than a year. The first hull is now undergoing on-water trials at the company’s test facility in Galveston, while a second hull is already in production.
“We launched our first Marauder four weeks ago, and today we’re putting another vessel in the water. This cadence is what our production model was built to deliver,” Saronic co-founder and CEO Dino Mavrookas said in a statement.
Designed for dual-use maritime operations, Mirage is intended to support manned and unmanned teams across missions including maritime domain awareness, security patrol, and surface and aerial detection.
Saronic said the aluminum-hulled ASV has a top speed exceeding 35 knots, a range of more than 2,500 nautical miles, and a payload capacity of 3,500 lbs. Saronic said those figures more than double the range and payload capability of its smaller Corsair platform.
Mirage can operate fully autonomously or under remote supervision using Saronic’s Echelon command-and-control system. The vessel runs on the same autonomy software stack used across Saronic’s fleet, incorporating passive perception, collaborative autonomy, navigation, tracking, and detection capabilities supported by redundant communications systems.
Saronic said the vessel’s modular architecture is designed to accommodate government-off-the-shelf and commercial-off-the-shelf hardware and software, allowing integration of mission payloads, sensor suites, and command-and-control systems without major platform redesign.
