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RECENT MISSIONS

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Vehicles

109.83 knots

Highest wind speed recorded

14.15 meters

Highest significant wave height

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RECENT MISSIONS

Operationalizing Saildrone to Counter Drug Trafficking and Illegal Fishing

12,500 sq nm

Total area covered

116,000

Unique contacts detected

$4.25

Cost per sq nm per day

The Navy brought unmanned systems to US Fourth Fleet to support long-term operations that counter drug trafficking and illegal fishing.

Mission Details

RECENT MISSIONS

Improving Hurricane Rapid Intensification Forecasting

Number of vehicles

109.83 kts

Highest wind speed recorded

14.15 m

Highest significant wave height

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

Mission Details

RECENT MISSIONS

Aleutians Uncrewed Ocean Exploration

13,112 sq nm

US EEZ seafloor mapped

1,000 m

Height of seamount discovered

4,000 nm

Round-trip transit to operation area

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

Mission Details

RECENT MISSIONS

Providing Persistent MDA in Remote Areas for USCG

Number of vehicles

Days at sea

The USCG examined the feasibility, costs, and benefits of using low-cost autonomous vehicles to provide persistent maritime domain awareness in the Pacific Ocean.

Mission Details

RECENT MISSIONS

Measuring CO2 Uptake in the Southern Ocean

196 days

At sea

11,879 nm

Total distance sailed

15 m

Height of waves mesured

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

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COMPANY NEWS

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Charting a New Course: Saildrone Expands to Europe with Copenhagen Headquarters

Saildrone Denmark will facilitate European operations and support US-allied nations at a critical time for regional maritime security.

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Company

Saildrone Welcomes Vice Admiral (ret.) John Mustin as President

With 34 years of naval leadership with entrepreneurial acumen, VADM John Mustin joins Saildrone to accelerate defense innovation at scale.

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Technology

Advancing Autonomous ASW: Saildrone Integrates Thales BlueSentry for Long-Endurance Undersea Surveillance

Successful sea trials demonstrated the viability of a scalable, autonomous solution for long-endurance anti-submarine warfare and real-time maritime domain awareness—advancing AUKUS undersea warfare objectives.

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Technology

Saildrone Overcomes Denied and Spoofing Environments to Expand Middle East Ops

Saildrone has unveiled new capabilities to overcome GPS jamming and spoofing that has hindered unmanned operating systems in the region.

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Press

Defense & Security

March 2025

Saildrone, Palantir Partner to Use AI to Streamline USV Manufacturing, Operations

National security tech giant Palantir and unmanned maritime tech firm Saildrone today announced a strategic partnership focused on utilizing artificial intelligence to bolster Saildrone’s manufacturing, supply chain, and fleet operations.

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Defense & Security

February 2025

Navy’s 4th Fleet to Start Operation Focused on Unmanned Systems Countering Illicit Trafficking

The US Navy’s 4th Fleet will begin a new operation, dubbed Southern Spear, in the coming weeks focused on using robotic and autonomous systems to aid in the detection of illicit trafficking, the service recently announced.

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Ocean Mapping

December 2024

Saildrone Gets Contract to Survey Part of Florida’s Coastal Waters

In an effort to resolve that lack of data, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has selected Saildrone—a company with expertise in using uncrewed water-borne drones for research—to map a section of Florida’s coastal waters in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Technology

May 2024

Saildrone Named to TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2024

The fourth-annual TIME100 Most Influential Companies list highlights the companies making an extraordinary impact around the world.

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Defense & Security

March 2024

The Navy is Using Robot Ships to Deter Human Smuggling Out of Haiti

4th Fleet’s experiments with unmanned systems are a “game changer” for monitoring illicit activity.

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Defense & Security

September 2023

Mullen, Former Joint Chiefs Chairman, to Lead Saildrone Board

The recruitment of a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is a major win for Saildrone, which has been building its profile in US Navy circles since 2020.

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Scientific Papers

Uncrewed Surface Vehicles in the Global Ocean Observing System: a New Frontier for Observing and Monitoring at the Air-Sea Interface

Metocean

Making Do with Less: Extending an Acoustic-based Time Series of Euphausiid Abundance Using an Uncrewed Surface Vehicle with Fewer Frequencies

Fisheries

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Operationalizing Saildrone to Counter Drug Trafficking and Illegal Fishing

Improving Hurricane Rapid Intensification Forecasting

Aleutians Uncrewed Ocean Exploration

Providing Persistent MDA in Remote Areas for USCG

Measuring CO2 Uptake in the Southern Ocean

Get Your Science & Technology Fix

Charting a New Course: Saildrone Expands to Europe with Copenhagen Headquarters

Saildrone Welcomes Vice Admiral (ret.) John Mustin as President

Advancing Autonomous ASW: Saildrone Integrates Thales BlueSentry for Long-Endurance Undersea Surveillance

Saildrone Overcomes Denied and Spoofing Environments to Expand Middle East Ops

Press

Saildrone, Palantir Partner to Use AI to Streamline USV Manufacturing, Operations

Navy’s 4th Fleet to Start Operation Focused on Unmanned Systems Countering Illicit Trafficking

Saildrone Gets Contract to Survey Part of Florida’s Coastal Waters

Saildrone Named to TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2024

The Navy is Using Robot Ships to Deter Human Smuggling Out of Haiti

Mullen, Former Joint Chiefs Chairman, to Lead Saildrone Board

Scientific Papers

Uncrewed Surface Vehicles in the Global Ocean Observing System: a New Frontier for Observing and Monitoring at the Air-Sea Interface

Making Do with Less: Extending an Acoustic-based Time Series of Euphausiid Abundance Using an Uncrewed Surface Vehicle with Fewer Frequencies

Investigation of a Calibration Change in the Ocean Surface Wind Measurements from the TAO Buoy Array

Silent Uncrewed Surface Vehicles Reveal the Diurnal Vertical Distribution of Lesser Sandeel

Uncrewed Surface Vehicles (USVs) as Platforms for Fisheries and Plankton Acoustics

Hydroacoustic Data from Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV) Overtakes in Lake Superior, 2022

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