gCaptain16 Jul 2026Market
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The facility will occupy an initial 835-acre site at the Port of Brownsville with room to expand to nearly 4,400 acres, and construction is to begin later this year for a 2028 opening. It is designed to build vessels up to 850 feet initially, scaling to 1,200 feet, and is projected to create up to 10,000 direct jobs over a decade. The announcement follows the combat debut of Saronic’s Corsair autonomous surface vessel in U.S. operations against Iran.