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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

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

Studying the Impact of Sound on Fish Stock Assessments

13,881 nm

Cumulative distance sailed

Number of Vehicles

Great Lakes

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

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RECENT MISSIONS

Aleutians Uncrewed Ocean Exploration

45,000 sq km

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

Persistent Maritime Domain Awareness in Remote Areas

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

50 ft

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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Technology

The New Gold Standard for Autonomous Systems: Saildrone Voyager Is First USV to Earn Formal Classification

The American Bureau of Shipping issued the first-ever classification for a commercial autonomous, uncrewed vehicle to Saildrone for the 10-meter Voyager.

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Missions

Spooky Sounds at Sea: Listening for Bats Offshore with USVs

A Saildrone Explorer was equipped with an ultrasonic microphone and deployed off the coast of California to study bats.

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Technology

Saildrone Fleet Reaches New Milestone: 1,000,000 Nautical Miles and 32,000 Days at Sea

The accomplishment comes just 10 years after the first Saildrone USV crossed the Pacific Ocean and confirms Saildrone’s position as the only proven long-range, long-endurance uncrewed platform.

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Data

Weather Buoy Swapped for Saildrone to Protect Seafloor

The National Data Buoy Center has replaced a moored weather buoy in a national marine sanctuary with a Saildrone USV to mitigate impacts caused by mooring material.

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Technology

December 2023

Uncrewed Surface Vehicle Sails Through Certification

California-based company Saildrone announced its Voyager robotic boat has become the first commercial uncrewed surface vehicle to meet light warship standards of the American Bureau of Shipping.

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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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Ocean Science

September 2023

Saildrone Vehicles Track Whales Around Offshore Wind Power

Saildrone’s autonomous sea vehicles are at work off New England, tracking marine mammal movements and help design proposed offshore wind energy turbine projects.

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Technology

September 2023

Seafaring Drones Propelled by Renewable Energy Gather Data for Ocean Mapping, Maritime Security, and Climate Science

The company enables real-time access to critical data from any ocean using proprietary software applications and ML to transform that data into actionable insights and intelligence.

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Ocean Science

August 2023

Into the Eye of a Hurricane: How Aircraft and Drones Penetrate Monster Storms

An arsenal of equipment helps track developing tropical cyclones, from 46-year-old workhorse airplanes to unmanned solar- and wind-powered drones.

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Defense & Security

August 2023

USVs Could Deter IUU Fishing

When a Coast Guard vessel is unavailable or unable to operate in a region for an extended period, autonomous USVs could be used to observe, detect, and deter IUU.

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Scientific Papers

Validation of NASA Sea Surface Temperature Satellite Products Using Saildrone Data

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Using Saildrones to Validate Satellite-Derived Sea Surface Salinity and Sea Surface Temperature along the California/Baja Coast

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Improving Hurricane Rapid Intensification Forecasting

Studying the Impact of Sound on Fish Stock Assessments

Aleutians Uncrewed Ocean Exploration

Persistent Maritime Domain Awareness in Remote Areas

Measuring CO2 Uptake in the Southern Ocean

Get Your Science & Technology Fix

The New Gold Standard for Autonomous Systems: Saildrone Voyager Is First USV to Earn Formal Classification

Spooky Sounds at Sea: Listening for Bats Offshore with USVs

Saildrone Fleet Reaches New Milestone: 1,000,000 Nautical Miles and 32,000 Days at Sea

Weather Buoy Swapped for Saildrone to Protect Seafloor

Press

Uncrewed Surface Vehicle Sails Through Certification

Mullen, Former Joint Chiefs Chairman, to Lead Saildrone Board

Saildrone Vehicles Track Whales Around Offshore Wind Power

Seafaring Drones Propelled by Renewable Energy Gather Data for Ocean Mapping, Maritime Security, and Climate Science

Into the Eye of a Hurricane: How Aircraft and Drones Penetrate Monster Storms

USVs Could Deter IUU Fishing

Scientific Papers

Validation of NASA Sea Surface Temperature Satellite Products Using Saildrone Data

Using Saildrones to Validate Satellite-Derived Sea Surface Salinity and Sea Surface Temperature along the California/Baja Coast

Validating Salinity from SMAP and HYCOM Data with Saildrone Data during EUREC4A-OA/ATOMIC

Using Saildrones to Validate Arctic Sea-Surface Salinity from the SMAP Satellite and from Ocean Models

Using Saildrones to Assess the SMAP Sea Surface Salinity Retrieval in the Coastal Regions

Fish Avoidance of Ships During Acoustic Surveys Tested with Quiet Uncrewed Surface Vessels

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