Missions

Saildrone has mapped 1,500 sq nm of seafloor in an under-explored area of the Gulf of Maine, revealing a complex and varied underwater landscape.

The data collected will improve maritime navigation and support scientific research, environmental conservation efforts, and marine resource management in the Cayman Islands.

New this year: Two Saildrone USVs will collect data on CO2 exchanged between the ocean and the atmosphere during hurricane events.

In recognition of World Oceans Day, international fisheries consultant Alexander Min discusses the global impacts of illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing—and what can be done about it.

Saildrone Voyager USVs are mapping in the Gulf of Maine to support the NOAA deep-sea coral survey.

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

10 Saildrone Voyager USVs were deployed from Key West, a critical first step in the 4th Fleet’s Operation Windward Stack.

After two years of successful missions in lakes Michigan, Huron, and Superior, a Saildrone Explorer will circumnavigate Lake Erie to improve fish stock assessments.

SD 1045, famous for capturing the first video from inside a major hurricane at sea, is one of 12 saildrones collecting data about hurricane rapid intensification for NOAA this summer.

The third-annual Atlantic Hurricane mission will provide data to NOAA researchers to better understand how these large and destructive storms grow and intensify.

Researchers are working to assess how climate change and ocean acidification are impacting Hawaii’s coastal environment.

The Saildrone Surveyor, the world’s largest uncrewed ocean mapping vehicle, has mapped more than 13,112 square nautical miles (17,375 square miles) of previously unexplored ocean floor during a months-long survey around Alaska’s Aleutian Islands and off the coast of California.