Fincantieri Marine Group
About
About Fincantieri Marine Group
Three Great Lakes shipyards anchor Fincantieri Marine Group’s U.S. construction base: Marinette Marine for surface combatants, Bay Shipbuilding for government and commercial vessels, and ACE Marine for aluminium craft. The group also operates repair and sustainment capacity in Jacksonville and maintains its headquarters in Washington, D.C.
In April 2026, the company announced that it would build Saildrone’s Spectre high-speed unmanned surface vessel in Wisconsin. The programme applies its aluminium-vessel production and naval-industrial capacity to a third-party autonomous platform rather than making Fincantieri the owner of the Spectre product. The manufacturing role is retained separately as a programme-scoped supply fact.
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Saildrone
Outbound - Manufacturing Service - Fincantieri Marine Group is set to build Saildrone Spectre USVs at Wisconsin shipyards
Source
Team
- Dario Deste - President - President at Fincantieri Marine Group.
- George Moutafis - Chief Executive Officer - Chief Executive Officer at Fincantieri Marine Group.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-04-20 - Product Launch - Saildrone unveils 52-metre Spectre naval USV design
Silent Endurance and Stealth variants address long-endurance acoustic and higher-speed kinetic missions. The design supports a payload above 70 tonnes and containerized mission systems. Construction was due to begin ahead of first-vessel sea trials planned for early 2027.
Source
Relations
Relationships
- Fincantieri
Subsidiary - Fincantieri Marine Group is the U.S. shipbuilding subsidiary of Fincantieri.
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Context tags
- Manufacturing partner - Stack Layer - https://fincantierimarinegroup.com/about-us/ — reviewed during today-new-supply-profile-qa-2026-09-26-run08.
- Marine integration services layer - Stack Layer - https://fincantierimarinegroup.com/about-us/ — reviewed during today-new-supply-profile-qa-2026-09-26-run08.
- Defence Manufacturing - Customer Environment - https://fincantierimarinegroup.com/about-us/ — reviewed during today-new-supply-profile-qa-2026-09-26-run08.
- Contract manufacturing services - Peer Group - https://fincantierimarinegroup.com/about-us/ — reviewed during today-new-supply-profile-qa-2026-09-26-run08.