EP 114 — Saronic Technologies' Vibhav Altekar On Building 300 Autonomous Vessels In Two Years For Zero Crew

<p>What happens when you design ships for full autonomy from day one instead of retrofitting crewed vessels? At <a href="https://www.saronic.com/"><u>Saronic Technologies</u></a>, it meant removing living quarters, plumbing, and human-centric systems, then building navigational autonomy and automated ship systems capable of operating 30 to 40 days without human contact.</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/vibhavaltekar"><u>Vibhav Altekar</u></a>, Co-Founder and CTO, walks Dave through building over 300 Corsairs in under two years, betting early on fully passive sensing for contested RF environments, and the first-ever rescue of a downed aircrew by an unmanned vessel.</p><p>Topics discussed:</p><ul><li><p>Designing autonomous vessels from scratch versus retrofitting crewed ships</p></li><li><p>Building intelligent agents as the foundation for collaborative autonomy</p></li><li><p>Operating fully passive in GPS-denied and contested RF environments</p></li><li><p>Bridging the air-water gap between UAVs and UUVs</p></li><li><p>Encoding mariner expertise into a digital captain for challenging seas</p></li><li><p>Competing with Chinese shipbuilding through autonomous production</p></li><li><p>Partnering with Castellion to launch hypersonic weapons from unmanned platforms</p></li><li><p>Reducing developer-to-ocean testing cycles to 48 hours</p><p><br></p></li></ul><p><strong>Listen to more episodes: </strong></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dib-innovators/id1720062726"><u>Apple </u></a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5Z3PpCHsglA3uk2S6dCRBP"><u>Spotify </u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX2eBOnzz1SX0Psj6BmbdCw"><u>YouTube</u></a></p><p><a href="https://radicl.com/dib-innovators-podcast"><u>Website</u></a><br></p>