Saildrone Voyager

• Operating Use

  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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 South.

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  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.

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Supply / Components

• Saildrone Voyager

  Starlink Communications System - connectivity - SpaceX - Saildrone Voyager integrates Starlink satellite communications - source: saildrone.com

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• Saildrone Voyager

  Innomar Sub Bottom Profiler For Saildrone Voyager - sensors - Innomar Technologie - Saildrone Voyager integrates an Innomar sub-bottom profiler - source: saildrone.com

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• Saildrone Voyager

  Aml Autonomous Sound Velocity Profiler For Saildrone Voyager - sensors - AML Oceanographic - Saildrone Voyager integrates an AML custom autonomous sound-velocity profiler - source: saildrone.com

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• Saildrone Voyager

  Norbit Winghead Multibeam Sonar For Saildrone Voyager - sensors - NORBIT - Saildrone Voyager integrates a NORBIT Winghead multibeam sonar - source: saildrone.com

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• Saildrone registers first four Voyager USVs under Danish flag

  2026-09-22 - Regulatory - Saildrone and the Danish Maritime Authority developed the regulatory framework for unmanned vessel registration. The flag-state arrangement provides a formal basis for international operations and European fleet expansion. Saildrone says it intends to seek Danish registration for additional platform types including Surveyor and Spectre.

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• Saildrone receives $16.3 million Navy task order for Voyager operations

  2026-08-04 - Contract Award - The extended operations support Joint Interagency Task Force South and U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. Fourth Fleet. Saildrone has operated Voyager vehicles in the region since 2023, providing persistent surveillance across large maritime areas. The company said Voyager operations directly supported an October 2025 interdiction that seized more than $81 million of cocaine.

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• Saildrone Voyager operates sub-bottom profiler in Baltic survey

  2026-03-03 - Demonstration - The profiler collected full-waveform acoustic data on seafloor and sub-seafloor structure. Saildrone reports operation in water depths to 250 metres with penetration to 70 metres depending on sediment. The four-Voyager Baltic mission had operated for six months with 92% fleet uptime.

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• Saildrone raises USD 60M for European maritime autonomy

  2025-05-13 - Funding - The capital supported a Copenhagen headquarters and operations hub for European defense and security work. Saildrone planned to deploy the first four Voyagers in the Baltic Sea under contract to the Danish Armed Forces.

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• Saildrone deploys 20 Voyager USVs for Operation Southern Spear

  2025-02-03 - Deployment - The mission used the largest Voyager fleet Saildrone had fielded to that date. The deployment supported maritime domain awareness across a counter-trafficking operating area. The deployment places Saildrone's technology into unmanned aircraft, air mobility or counter-drone operations beyond a lab-only setting.

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• Saildrone Voyager Is First USV to Earn ABS Interim Classification

  2023-11-07 - Regulatory - The classification applied to the 10-meter Saildrone Voyager USV. Voyager supports nearshore mapping, maritime security, and defense applications. The classification created a marine-assurance milestone for commercial USVs.

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• Saildrone Voyager launches for U.S. 4th Fleet Windward Stack

  2023-09-13 - Deployment - Voyager USVs launched from NAS Key West's Mole Pier and Truman Harbor. The launch supported U.S. 4th Fleet Operation Windward Stack. The operation used commercial unmanned surface vessels for maritime domain awareness and unmanned-systems integration.

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Market context

Voyager is Saildrone long-endurance autonomous surface vehicle for high-latitude and extreme-environment ocean missions.

• Target environment: Open ocean, high-latitude waters and extreme marine environments.
• Workflow context: Long-endurance ocean data collection, environmental monitoring and maritime domain awareness using wind and solar-powered USV.
• Customer context: Oceanographic researchers, defence customers and environmental monitoring agencies.
• Deployment model: Commercial autonomous surface vehicle with global ocean deployment.
• Commercial maturity: Mature USV platform with extensive operational history in extreme environments.
• Adoption constraints: Wind and solar propulsion limits speed. Best suited to long-duration monitoring missions.
• Market position: Saildrone largest and most capable USV for high-latitude and extreme-environment missions.
• Adjacent products: Saildrone Surveyor, Explorer, autonomous USVs

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