Saildrone Explorer SD 1078 is battling 50-foot waves and winds measured over 100 mph inside the Cat 4 hurricane.

The Saildrone Surveyor is the world’s most advanced uncrewed vehicle, equipped with acoustic instruments for high-resolution ocean seafloor mapping.

A 23-foot Saildrone unmanned surface vehicle (USV) completed the first autonomous circumnavigation of Antarctica on August 3, 2019, sailing 22,000 km in 196 days.

Saildrone Explorer SD 1045 is collecting valuable ocean data about how hurricanes intensify for NOAA.

Saildrone and NOAA are launching seven wind-powered ocean drones to collect data inside hurricanes in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.

Saildrones are the first autonomous vehicles to enter the Mediterranean through the Strait of Gibraltar while collecting critical oceanographic and biogeochemical data.

Funded in part by a grant of more than €1m from Google.org, the 12-month mission is expected to yield extraordinary insights into the impact of the Gulf Stream on weather forecasting and global...

After setting the record for the fastest unmanned Atlantic crossing, SD 1021 has completed the return journey, the first autonomous vehicle to transit in both directions.

Three Saildrone uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) were deployed from Newport, RI, to build the largest ever set of wintertime weather and carbon data in the Gulf Stream.

With upcoming ship-based surveys in Alaska canceled, NOAA Fisheries will use Saildrone unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to complete its biennial Alaska pollock survey.

Scientists are calling for the development of a global array of platforms for air-sea flux observation including autonomous wind-powered vehicles.

/PRNewswire/ -- Saildrone, Inc., a provider of high-resolution ocean data collected via a fleet of unmanned surface vehicles, announced today that it has...

Saildrone USVs will sail from Cabo Verde to Trieste on a six-month mission to collect biogeochemical, ecological, and physical measurements.

Two autonomous wind-powered vehicles sailed from Cabo Verde to Trieste demonstrating how fit-for-purpose technology can be used to increase ocean observation.

SOUND ON 🔊Follow Saildrone Explorer SD 1045 through the eye of a category 4 hurricane. This incredible "point of view" footage was captured before, during, ...

This first-of-its-kind acoustic bathymetry mission will test the ability of Saildrone USVs to map the US EEZ off Alaska’s North Slope, in partnership with NOAA and TerraSond.

SD 1079 spent 370 days at sea collecting CO2 data in the Tropical Atlantic to improve global carbon projections and more sustainably manage ocean resources.

Saildrone offers paid summer and school-year internships in composites manufacturing, mechanical engineering, and computer science for high school and college students.

Led by BOND, the new financing will be used to grow Saildrone’s data insight teams and scale go-to-market functions for ocean domain intelligence.

After suffering damage in a Gulf Stream storm, SD 1021 was redeployed from Bermuda for the Solent on a mission to complete the fastest unmanned Atlantic crossing.

Saildrone USVs are operated on a mission-as-a-service model and monitored from Saildrone Mission Control in Alameda, CA.

Saildrone proposes a fleet of unmanned vehicles to significantly reduce the cost of ocean mapping at scale and more easily reach the most remote corners of the ocean.

Video credit: NOAA (CoastWatch Caribbean/GOM Node, NESDIS, and AOML).

A 23-foot Saildrone unmanned surface vehicle (USV) completed the first autonomous circumnavigation of Antarctica on August 3, 2019, sailing 22,000 km in 196 days.

Saildrone's defense & security solutions provide integrated autonomous tech that delivers strategic advantage for homeland security, defense & law enforcement.

Two Saildrone Explorers were deployed from Macatawa, MI, to collect fisheries data in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron on behalf of the USGS Great Lakes Science Center.

Saildrone is one of several science and defense-oriented companies located at the new St. Petersburg Innovation District’s Maritime and Defense Technology Hub.

Saildrone USVs join the German RV Meteor and other unmanned technologies to study ocean eddies during the #MOSESeddyhunt, the first phase of the 2019 ATL2MED mission.

Only a decade after the first Saildrone USV crossed the Pacific Ocean, the accomplishment confirms Saildrone’s position as the only proven long-range, long-endurance USV.

This STEM curriculum uses cutting-edge technology to bring data-driven lessons inspired by the Saildrone Antarctic mission to kids around the world. Download free!

Three Saildrone USVs have begun a 60-day acoustic survey on behalf of NOAA Fisheries after transiting more than 2,000 nautical miles from San Francisco to the Bering Sea.

Saildrone Explorer SD 1045 measured the “highest wind speed recorded by an uncrewed surface vehicle” during Hurricane Sam in 2021.

The footage will help hurricane researchers better understand the interaction between wind and waves.

Saildrone is using a specially built camera system and advanced acoustic technology combined with machine learning for maritime domain awareness and ISR missions.

The 2022 Ocean Awards Innovation Award recognizes significant contributions to ocean conservation through the development of promising new technologies.