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Bringing Firepower to the Fleet: Lockheed Martin Invests $50M in Saildrone to Advance Unmanned Surface Vehicle Capabilities for US Navy

A message from Saildrone Founder and CEO Richard Jenkins.

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From Seaplanes to Saildrones: Reviving a Former Naval Air Station

Saildrone HQ is located in a former airplane hangar with a storied past—and once was used to film The Matrix Reloaded.

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Missions

Using Ocean Drones to Track Fur Seals in the Bering Sea

How innovative autonomous technology is helping scientists to solve the mystery of northern fur seals disappearing from the remote Pribilof Islands.

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Science

Studying Carbon Uptake in the Southern Ocean with Unmanned Surface Vehicles

Just how variable is CO2 uptake in the Southern Ocean in winter?

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Missions

Storms Pound the Southern Ocean, SD 1020 Soldiers On

60+ knot gusts and massive breaking waves? That’s just a typical day in the Southern Ocean.

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Missions

Assessing Fish Abundance on the West Coast in 100 Days

The 2018 West Coast Fisheries Survey combined the efforts of a NOAA research vessel and a fleet of saildrones to observe and collect data on fish and marine mammals from anchovy to humpback whales.

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First Saildrone Data Set Available for Public Access on NASA PO.DAAC

The Saildrone Baja Campaign studied upwelling and frontal region dynamics, air-sea interactions, and diurnal warming effects along the US/Mexico coast.

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Missions

Extending Ship-Based Surveys in the Arctic with Ocean Drones

A flotilla of saildrones established a new northern record for an autonomous vehicle while measuring CO2 and Arctic cod abundance in the Chukchi Sea.

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Missions

Using Drones to Survey Fish Stock: Our First Full West Coast Mission

In the Summer of 2018, five saildrones embark on the first autonomous full West Coast fisheries survey, in collaboration with Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Oceans Canada, and the NOAA research vessel Reuben Lasker.

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