Saildrone Deployments

Deployments

  • Operational Payload Trial - Innomar sub-bottom profiler operated on a Voyager during Baltic surveying - 2026-03-03 - Danish Armed Forces - maritime - Saildrone operated an Innomar Medium-USV sub-bottom profiler on a Voyager during Baltic critical-infrastructure surveying. - source… - source: saildrone.com
  • Survey Area - 13,000 square nautical miles under survey - 2026-02-24 - Woolpert / NOAA - maritime - Saildrone began Surveyor bathymetric data collection for Woolpert and NOAA across 13,000 square nautical miles near the Mariana Islands. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Active Customer Operations - unmanned survey of Florida coastal waters - 2025-03-10 - Florida coastal waters - unmanned coastal survey - Saildrone began an unmanned survey of Florida coastal waters using uncrewed surface vessels. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Active Robot Fleet - 20 Voyager USVs deployed for Operation Southern Spear - 2025-02-03 - Joint Interagency Task Force South - maritime domain awareness - Saildrone deployed 20 Voyager uncrewed surface vehicles for Operation Southern Spear with Joint Interagency Task Force… - source: saildrone.com
  • Named Operational Deployment - Voyager USVs launched for U.S. 4th Fleet Windward Stack - 2023-09-13 - U.S. 4th Fleet - maritime domain awareness - Saildrone Voyager USVs launched from Naval Air Station Key West for U.S. 4th Fleet Operation Windward Stack. - source posture: Third Party… - source: dvidshub.net
  • Active Robot Fleet - 12-vehicle NOAA hurricane mission - 2023-07-18 - NOAA - ocean and hurricane observation - Saildrone redeployed SD 1045 as part of a 12-vehicle NOAA hurricane rapid-intensification data mission. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Deployed Vehicle Count - Seven hurricane-observation vehicles - 2022-08-03 - Saildrone deployed seven autonomous vehicles for 2022 Atlantic hurricane observation missions. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Research Mission Status - Arctic fisheries and environmental data mission - 2020-08-21 - Saildrone vehicles collected fisheries and environmental data in the Arctic as sea-ice conditions constrained ship surveys. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Mission Duration - 6 months at sea - 2020-07-17 - Tropical Atlantic Mission Wraps Up After 6 Months at Sea - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Operating Fleet - 2 Saildrone USVs - 2020-07-17 - Tropical Atlantic Mission Wraps Up After 6 Months at Sea - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Research Mission Count - One Alaska pollock survey mission - 2020-07-15 - NOAA Fisheries and Saildrone began an autonomous Alaska pollock survey in the Bering Sea. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Mission Duration Days - 100 days at sea - 2019-04-29 - A Saildrone vehicle passed 100 days at sea during an autonomous Antarctic circumnavigation. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Research Mission Status - Completed Chukchi Sea autonomous survey extension - 2018-10-17 - Saildrone vehicles extended a ship-based Arctic carbon and fisheries survey in the Chukchi Sea. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Deployment Status - USV completed an Arctic single-beam bathymetric-mapping mission - Arctic Ocean - maritime - Saildrone documented an Arctic single-beam bathymetric mapping mission. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Deployment Status - USVs supported EuroSea ocean observations and forecasting - EuroSea - maritime - Saildrone documented USV operations supporting European ocean observations and forecasting. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Deployment Status - USVs supported the 2020 Alaska pollock survey - NOAA Fisheries - maritime - Saildrone documented uncrewed surface vessels supporting a 2020 Alaska pollock survey. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Deployed Vehicle Count - 1 Surveyor mapped seafloor between San Francisco and Hawaii - San Francisco–Hawaii route - maritime - Saildrone documented a Surveyor mission mapping seafloor between San Francisco and Hawaii. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Deployment Status - Voyager USVs supported U.S. Fourth Fleet counter-drug and illegal-fishing operations - U.S. Fourth Fleet - maritime - Saildrone documented Voyager USVs supporting U.S. Fourth Fleet counter-drug and illegal-fishing operations. - source posture: Company… - source: saildrone.com
  • Deployed Vehicle Count - 5 USVs supporting persistent maritime-border monitoring - U.S. Customs and Border Protection - maritime - Saildrone documented five USVs supporting persistent U.S.–Mexico maritime border monitoring. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Deployed Vehicle Count - 1 Surveyor completed an autonomous deep-water cable-route survey for Meta - Meta - maritime - Saildrone documented a Surveyor USV completing an autonomous deep-water cable-route survey for Meta. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Deployed Vehicle Count - 2 Voyager USVs operated over a 184-day Gulf of Maine mapping mission - Gulf of Maine - maritime - Saildrone documented two Voyager USVs mapping Gulf of Maine habitat over a 184-day mission. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Deployment Program - Multiyear Explorer hurricane-monitoring programme with NOAA - NOAA - maritime - Saildrone documented its multiyear Explorer hurricane-monitoring mission with NOAA. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Mission Duration Days - 60-day Pacific hake and coastal-pelagic-species survey - NOAA Fisheries - maritime - Saildrone documented a 60-day Pacific hake and coastal-pelagic-species survey. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Mission Duration Days - 100-day mission augmenting ship-based fish-stock surveys - NOAA Fisheries - maritime - Saildrone documented a 100-day USV mission augmenting ship-based West Coast fish-stock surveys. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Operational Exercise Deployment - Explorer USVs integrated into Task Force 59 and partner exercises - U.S. Fifth Fleet / Task Force 59 - maritime - Saildrone documented Explorer USVs integrated with U.S. Fifth Fleet and partner exercises under Task Force 59. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Deployment Status - USVs supported a Great Lakes fishery-survey programme - U.S. Geological Survey - maritime - Saildrone documented a Great Lakes USV mission studying acoustic effects on fish-stock assessments. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Mapped Area - 4,738 square nautical miles mapped around the Aleutians - Aleutians Uncrewed Ocean Exploration - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Mission Duration - 52-day mission - Aleutians Uncrewed Ocean Exploration - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com
  • Mapped Area - 8,665 square nautical miles mapped off California - Aleutians Uncrewed Ocean Exploration - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: saildrone.com

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