Largest USV Fleet Ever Launches 5th Annual Arctic Mission – Saildrone
This is the fifth year in a row saildrones have conducted missions in the Arctic region, and it’s the largest fleet of saildrones ever deployed at one time.
Evidence notes
- The sixth saildrone will remain in the Bering Sea to conduct fish stock surveys. Three of six saildrones deployed from Dutch Harbor, AK, on the 2019 Arctic mission.
- Last year, four saildrones on two concurrent missions measured ocean currents and air – sea carbon flux and surveyed Arctic cod in the Chukchi Sea.
- In total, saildrones have traveled some 45,000 nautical miles on NOAA Arctic missions to date.
Company context
Saildrone builds and operates uncrewed surface vehicles for maritime intelligence, ocean mapping, ISR and environmental monitoring. Its platforms combine wind or solar power, onboard sensing and autonomy for long-endurance ocean missions.