Autonomous Vessel Company Buys Metal Shark

Autonomous Vessel Company Buys Metal Shark

The Miami-based autonomy startup Magnet Defense has acquired longtime aluminum-hull patrol boat builder Metal Shark, maker of a wide range of high-sp...

Magnet Defense Acquires Metal Shark to Accelerate Autonomous Maritime Capabilities and U.S. Shipbuilding Capacity

Release From Magnet Defense  MIAMI, Jan. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Magnet Defense LLC (“Magnet Defense” or the “Company”), a developer of fully autonomous national security maritime platforms for fleet operations and missile defense missions, announces that it has officially completed its acquisition of Metal Shark, a leading designer and shipbuilder of highly-capable maritime platforms for defense and law enforcement missions. The combinati…

Magnet Defense Acquires Metal Shark to Power U.S. ‘Golden Fleet’ Program

Magnet Defense has completed its acquisition of Louisiana-based shipbuilder Metal Shark, a move the company says will give it the production muscle needed to deliver unmanned surface vessels at scale...

Metal Shark acquired by Magnet Defense

Miami, Fla.-headquartered Magnet Defense LLC, which says its mission is to “build a fleet of autonomous unmanned surface vessels to strengthen U.S. national security and advance U.S. and Allied maritime interests at home and abroad,” said today that it had completed the acquisition of Jeanerette, La.-based boatbuilder Metal Shark. Magnet Defense, whose cofounder is Marc Bell of Marc Bell Capital Partners, last month emerged from more than two ye…