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Explore real-world missions where Saildrone USVs delivered ISR, mapping, and METOC data—from the Arctic to the Antarctic.

Operationalizing Saildrone to Counter Drug Trafficking and Illegal Fishing

12,500 sq nm

Total area covered

116,000

Unique contacts detected

$4.25

Cost per sq nm per day

The Navy brought unmanned systems to US Fourth Fleet to support long-term operations that counter drug trafficking and illegal fishing.

Mission Details

Revolutionizing Cable Route Surveys with USVs

Number of Surveyor USVs

4,500 km

Area covered

5,500 meters

Max depth surveyed

A landmark mission proving autonomous vehicles can match traditional survey performance while cutting costs, risks, and emissions in deep-ocean mapping.

Mission Details

Aleutians Uncrewed Ocean Exploration

13,112 sq nm

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

Pioneering Uncrewed Seafloor Mapping Across a Remote Caribbean EEZ

90,000 sq km

of seafloor surveyed

~300

mission days of autonomous operations

900+

sound-velocity profile casts executed

Delivering a modern baseline bathymetric dataset to support navigation, marine stewardship, and the growth of the Cayman Islands’ Blue Economy.

Mission Details

Enhancing Border Monitoring with Persistent MDA

Number of vehicles

30,000

Number of detections

94%

Operational efficiency

Mission Details

Recent Missions

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Tracking Vulnerable Apex Predators

A multidisciplinary effort augmenting ship-based operations to understand why great white sharks swim more than 1,100 nautical miles each year to an ocean desert in the North Pacific.

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Surveying Ice, CO2 & Fisheries in the Arctic

Tracking melting ice, measuring CO2, and counting fish, seals, and whales to better understand behavior and population in the Bering and Chukchi Seas.

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Saildrone's autonomous vehicles provide cost-effective solutions for in situ data collection in remote ocean regions.

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