Saildrone

Company overview

Saildrone designs, builds, and operates autonomous unmanned surface vehicles for maritime intelligence, ocean observation, environmental sensing, and seafloor mapping. Headquartered in Alameda, California, the company supports commercial, scientific, government, defense, and security missions in ocean and coastal environments. Its systems use autonomous navigation, renewable wind and solar energy, onboard sensors, communications, and data delivery to provide persistent observations and operational intelligence.

Platforms and capabilities

• Explorer supports environmental and meteorological sensing with extended presence at sea.
• Voyager is a multi-mission platform for maritime domain awareness, vessel detection and tracking, coastal mapping, and related security operations.
• Surveyor supports deep-ocean mapping, hydrographic and oceanographic work, and long-duration commercial or government missions.
• Saildrone also describes platforms and payloads for surface intelligence, anti-submarine warfare, and other specialized maritime missions.

Operating details

The vehicles are designed for remote and demanding ocean areas and can transmit information to customer workflows or command-and-control systems. Prospective customers can use the official Saildrone contact form for mission, data, defense and security, ocean-mapping, or general enquiries. They should provide their mission objectives, operating area, payload or sensor needs, and preferred data-delivery arrangements when requesting a consultation.