Explore Our Missions

Saildrone’s 5th annual Arctic mission was a joint effort between NOAA and NASA, part of the NOPP Arctic MISST project.

Saildrone's first shallow-water multibeam bathymetry mission in the Gulf of Mexico.

This 60-day effort to assess stocks of Pacific hake and five coastal pelagic species was carried out in two sub-missions extending the full length of the US west coast.

The fastest Atlantic crossing by an autonomous vehicle, and the first vehicle to cross the Atlantic in both directions.

The world's first autonomous circumnavigation of Antarctica, enabling new key insights into ocean and climate processes.

A 100-day mission from Vancouver Island to San Diego to assess fish stocks, count marine mammals, and test how uncrewed surface vehicles can augment ship-based sampling.

A 60-day cruise to study sea surface temperature and air-sea heat fluxes along dynamic frontal regions off the coast of California.

A multidisciplinary effort augmenting ship-based operations to understand why great white sharks swim more than 1,100 nautical miles each year to an ocean desert in the North Pacific.

Tracking melting ice, measuring CO2, and counting fish, seals, and whales to better understand behavior and population in the Bering and Chukchi Seas.