Unwavering Vigilance at Sea
As challenges to our homeland security evolve, technology needs to keep pace. Saildrone USVs stand watch over our maritime borders, acting as our eyes and ears at sea. Our advanced autonomous USVs integrate seamlessly into existing assets and systems to provide persistent maritime domain awareness.
Benefits
Transforming Ocean Access through Advanced Technology
Ensuring and maintaining stability in our free world requires boldness and innovation. Saildrone is an experienced homeland security partner, working with leading government agencies tasked with protecting and monitoring homeland security.
Using next-generation technology and unmatched sensor arrays, Saildrone USVs deliver an unrivaled capability to find, fix, and track. Saildrone’s homeland security solutions have a proven track record for persistent maritime domain awareness, including contact of interest (COI) surveillance, monitoring illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and safety of life at sea (SOLAS) missions.
Reliability at Sea
Saildrone's tested capability in the harshest maritime environments, redundancy in propulsion systems, and robust data links provide vehicle and system dependability and secure command and control.
Smarter Intel in Real Time
Don’t get just more data–get smarter data and more information out of it. Access unparalleled ocean data in near real time and leverage Saildrone’s proprietary ML/AI algorithms to attain superior intelligence.
Low Acoustic Signature
Using the wind as a primary source of propulsion, Saildrone's USVs operate with a minimal acoustic signature. The vehicles execute their missions in near silence, enhancing the MDA payloads' ability to collect high-quality data.
Payload Integration
Developed through years of successfully integrating advanced scientific payloads, Saildrone's modular payload integrations rigorously adhere to the very highest standards for defense and national security-specific applications.
Long Endurance
Saildrone vehicles have consistently executed long-endurance missions and outperformed competitors in the harshest conditions, with minimal land-based maintenance or refueling interventions.
Low Carbon
Saildrone USVs are predominantly powered by renewable energy. The vehicles are equipped with a patented propulsion system primarily propelled by solar and wind. The result—USVs that operate in near silence with low carbon emissions.
RECENT MISSIONS
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HOW IT WORKS
Your Mission is in Good Hands
Mission Planning
Saildrone Mission Management closely collaborates with partners to build, maintain, and equip USVs to seamlessly integrate with a hybrid fleet–strategically deploying and adapting routes to meet mission objectives.
Mission Execution
Saildrone's contractor-owned, contractor-operated (COCO) or mission-as-a-service (MAAS) business model provides comprehensive service delivery, including pre- and post-mission logistics, deployment and recovery of the vehicles, and operations execution. Our Mission Portal User Interface provides near real-time data monitoring via a high-speed, low-latency Satellite network. The live "chat" function provides the ability to update tasking or send mission-related inquiries to our 24/7 on-watch personnel.
Post Mission
Upon successful completion of a mission, Saildrone assumes full responsibility for the logistics and operational aspects of fleet recovery and data delivery.
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Client Stories
Explore Saildrone's homeland security applications to see how we support our clients in attaining their mission objectives.
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About 18 months ago, the flows through the Caribbean and the Florida Straits and Windward Pass were significant. That is not true today. We have moved assets, we’re very visibly present, and we’ve got unmanned systems, Saildrone, under contract. That, and policy clarity, has helped decrease the numbers that we are encountering at sea.”
Adm. Linda Fagan
Commandant, US Coast Guard
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Operation Windward Stack begins with testing as we integrate the information we receive from the Saildrones into our fleet command center to further increase maritime domain awareness in the US Southern Command Area of Responsibility (AOR).”
Lt. Cmdr. John Clark
Director of US 4th Fleet Current Operations (COPS)
