Saronic is planning to start construction on Port Alpha in 2026. (Saronic)
WASHINGTON — Maritime defense tech firm Saronic unveiled plans today for a new shipyard in Brownville, Texas dubbed Port Alpha to bolster its shipbuilding capacity.
The firm will start out building out roughly 800 acres — with the potential to expand to a total of 4,000 acres — as it constructs an entirely new shipyard from the ground up for the project, according to Saronic co-founder and CEO Dino Mavrookas.
“That lets us bring advanced manufacturing, efficient process flows, get to high throughput, take advantage of economies of scale, drive down costs in the shipbuilding process itself,” Mavrookas told reporters on Wednesday.
The shipyard will focus on both defense and commercial ships, and will initially support construction of up to 850-foot ships, with the goal of eventually building 1,200-foot vessels. Likewise, the shipyard will support construction of both manned and unmanned vessels.
