Explore Our Missions

The Navy built on its success with Task Force 59 experimentation by bringing unmanned systems to US Fourth Fleet, to support long-term operations that counter drug trafficking and illegal fishing.

The biggest challenge to hurricane forecasting is rapid intensification, which can have a huge impact if a storm intensifies just before landfall.

The US Navy’s 5th Fleet and its regional partners created a network of unmanned systems, networks, and AI tools to detect abnormal maritime behaviors and cue manned ships to respond.

CBP and USCG evaluated Saildrone’s low-cost autonomous vehicles for persistent maritime domain awareness, demonstrating enhanced detection and tracking of small, panga-style vessels near the US-Mexico maritime border.

An ongoing mission to test the Saildrone platform as part of the Tropical Pacific Observation System monitoring weather and climate in the Pacific Ocean.

Virtually silent Saildrone Explorers are being used to determine if noise from diesel-powered research vessels scatter fish, resulting in inaccurate stock counts.

The Gulf of Maine is one of the United States’ highest mapping priorities due to its significant commercial fisheries supported by diverse habitats.

A long-term survey around the Aleutian Islands and off the coast of California to address ocean exploration gaps in remote areas with USVs.

A five-year mission to collect the first Arctic upper ocean temperature profiles with a full suite of surface measurements, which are expected to improve modeling of diurnal warming.