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Sailing Without a Crew: Saildrone Aiming to Replace Manned Ships on Mapping Expeditions

Monterey Herald - February 2021

Robot Measures Air-Sea Carbon Dioxide Exchange in Southern Ocean

EOS - February 2021

Edge Computing Brings the Cloud Closer to the Data for Agencies

FedTech - February 2021

Is the Southern Ocean Absorbing or Emitting Carbon Dioxide?

NOAA Research - February 2021

Saildrones Chart Arctic Waters, Safer Exploration of Alaska Sea Floor

KNOM - February 2021

World's Biggest Autonomous Survey Vessel Begins Trials

Reuters - February 2021

The Autonomous Saildrone Surveyor Preps for Its Sea Voyage

Wired - January 2021

Congress Reauthorizes Law Supporting Partnerships to Advance Ocean Science

NOAA - January 2021

Saildrone Launches a 72-foot Autonomous Seabed-mapping Boat

TechCrunch - January 2021

North Pacific Fishing Crews on Edge About What They’ll Find This Month, After a Tough 2020 of Small Fish and COVID-19

The Seattle Times - January 2021

The Deep Sea Discoveries of 2020 Are Stunning

Mashable - December 2020

Keeping a Close Eye on the Ocean—from Afar

EOS - December 2020

Ocean Going Robots Estimate Alaska Pollock Stocks

The Cordova Times - December 2020

Ocean-Going Robots Effective at Surveying Pollock

NOAA Fisheries - December 2020

U.S. Coast Guard Completes 30 Day Test of Unmanned Surface Vehicles Off Hawaii

DefPost - November 2020

Four Autonomous Vessels Sailed the Arctic to Map Its Seafloor

The Washington Post - October 2020

Coast Guard Judging Whether Drones Have Place in Service During Monthlong Hawaii Testing

Stars and Stripes - October 2020

Coast Guard Begins At-Sea Testing of USVs to Tackle Illegal Fishing, Crime

USNI News - October 2020

US Coast Guard Kicks Off Month-Long Evaluation of USVs off Hawaii

DefPost - October 2020

Autonomous vessel operations in the Arctic: Lessons learned from the Summer 2020 Mapping Mission

NOAA Office of Coast Survey - October 2020

WHOI-NOAA partnership tackles critical gap in climate knowledge

WHOI - October 2020

Little Boats for Whale Songs Sail into Climate Hot Spots

E&E News - September 2020

Finders Keepers: New Trawl Technology Helps Fleets Fish Smarter and Managers Track Biomass, Despite Covid Disruptions

National Fisherman - September 2020

NOAA, Navy Teaming Up to Work on Unmanned Maritime Systems, Policy

USNI News – August 2020

Due Saildrone per Studiare Gli Oceani (Two Saildrones to Study the Oceans)

Il Nautilus – July 2020

NOAA Ramps Up Use of Drones to Collect Fish, Seafloor and Weather Data

NOAA - June 2020

Due to COVID-19, NOAA Uses Drones Instead of Ships for Fishery Survey

The Maritime Executive - June 2020

Counting Fish with Sailing Robots

SF Gate - June 2020

U.S. Coast Guard Moving Forward With USV Assessment To Improve Maritime Domain Awareness

Naval News - March 2020

Coast Guard Awards Contracts for Maritime Domain Awareness Study

US Coast Guard - February 2020

Dos Mini Embarcaciones Robotizadas que Investigan Mares Cruzan el Estrecho

Algeciras - March 2020

Unmanned Surface Vehicles Track Marine Mammals on Extended Foraging Trips for the First Time

NOAA Fisheries - February 2020

Autonome Wasserdrohnen Revolutionieren die Erforschung der Weltmeere

Der Standard - January 2020

Autonomy at Sea: Ocean Drones Net Hard-to-get Data for Weather, Fishing and More

SiliconANGLE - January 2020

New Fleet of Robotic Vessels Off West Coast Will Improve Weather Monitoring

CBC.ca - December 2019

How Cheap Robots Are Transforming Ocean Exploration

Outside Magazine - November 2019

Saildrone, Premier Voilier Inhabité à Traverser l’Atlantique dans les Deux Sens

Voiles et Voiliers - November 2019

Saildrones return from the Arctic after milestone research mission

KTUU NBC2 - November 2019

UW Studies Wind-Powered Drones as Potential Breakthrough in Weather Forecasts

KOMO News - November 2019

The New Ocean Explorers

Popular Mechanics - November 2019

Study Finds Saildrone Effective for Air-Sea Interaction Studies

Ocean News & Technology - October 2019

Ocean Rescue: Can the Saildrone Save Our Seas?

Perfect Bound Magazine - November 2019

USV Completes First Autonomous Circumnavigation of Antarctica

Hydro International - October 2019

Saildrone Makes Another Record Voyage

Maritime Executive - October 2019

The Verdict Is In: Saildrones Add Important Data to Fisheries Management

Seafood News - August 2019

First Saildrone Circumnavigates Antarctica, Seeking Carbon Dioxide

Climate.gov - August 2019

Detecting Fish from Ocean-Going Robots to Complement Ship-Based Surveys

NOAA Fisheries - August 2019

World First: Saildrone Circumnavigates Antarctica

Marine Technology News - August 2019

USV Crashes into Iceberg, Still Finishes Scientific Trip Around Antarctica

Mashable - August 2019

Saildrone’s Journey Around Antarctica Uncovers New Climate Clues

Bloomberg Businessweek - August 2019

First Study of 3D Seabed Imagery in Gulf by Remote Drone Celebrated

WLOX - August 2019

Saildrone Launched with Seafloor Mapping Capabilities in the Gulf of Mexico Shows Promise for Remote Arctic Mapping

Office of Coast Survey - August 2019

The Real Cloud Wars: The $6 Billion Battle Over The Future Of Weather Forecasting

Forbes - June 2019

Saildrone Set to Track Alaska Red King Crab

Alaska Native News - May 2019

How Robots Are Revolutionizing Chemical Oceanography

Chemical & Engineering News - May 2019

Her Slippes Seildronene som Skal Erstatte Forskningsfartøyer

Teknisk Ukeblad (TU) - April 2019

NOAA Plans to Test Saildrones for Arctic Ocean Mapping

Arctic Today - January 2019

Cutting Edge Saildrone May Help Improve Weather Forecasts

WPRI - January 2019

SAILDRONE AND NOAA TEAM UP TO MONITOR FISH POPULATIONS

CBS8 - November 2018

New NOPP Project Aims to Improve Arctic Environmental Data

NOPP - July 2018

Saildrones Go Where Humans Can’t—or Don’t Want to—to Study the World’s Oceans

Seattle Times - July 2018

Saildrones Monitor Plant Growth and Acidification in Remote Arctic Waters

NOAA - May 2018

ADAPTABLE AND DRIVEN BY RENEWABLE ENERGY, SAILDRONES VOYAGE INTO REMOTE WATERS

Climate.gov - May 2018

This Armada of Saildrones Could Conquer the Ocean

Bloomberg Business Week - May 2018

These Autonomous Drones Can Help Researchers Forecast Extreme Weather

CNBC - April 2018

打造海上无人舰队可监控气候变化对海洋影响

ScienceNet China - March 2018

ESTOS SON LOS SAILDRONE, LOS PRIMEROS DRONES QUE VIGILAN LA SALUD DEL MAR

Lavanguardia - March 2018

CSIRO LAUNCHES SAILING ROBOTS TO COLLECT SCIENTIFIC DATA FROM OCEANS AROUND AUSTRALIA

ABC News - March 2018

NOAA TO LAUNCH A NAVY OF SAILBOAT DRONES TO MONITOR THE PACIFIC OCEAN

Popular Mechanics - March 2018

Saildrone Fleet Could Help Replace Aging Buoys

Science - March 2018

Sailing the Wired Seas

The Economist - March 2018

FLEET OF SAILBOAT DRONES COULD MONITOR CLIMATE CHANGE'S EFFECT ON THE OCEANS

Science - March 2018

NEW COURSE SET FOR OCEAN OBSERVATIONS

CSIRO - January 2018

29 START-UPS THAT PROVE SILICON VALLEY INNOVATION ISN'T DEAD

CNBC - November 2017

DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CREATES PROGRAM TO TAP SILICON VALLEY TALENT

CBS - November 2017

OCEAN DRONES FOR A QUANTIFIED PLANET

TEDxSF - October 2017

These Ocean Drones Are Trawling for Climate Change Data

CNN - October 2017

Saildrones to Enhance the Tropical Pacific Observing System

Hydro International - September 2018

HIGH-TECH ‘SAILDRONES’ TO HELP PREDICT EL NIÑO, COLLECT CLIMATE DATA

CBS - September 2017

Sailing Drone Captures Dawn While Crossing the Bering Strait

NOAA - August 2017

The Most Exciting Drones Aren’t in the Air—They’re in the Ocean

Inc. Magazine - June 2017

Self-driving Boats Will Soon Be Setting Sail

WIRED UK - February 2017

NOW THAT'S TRICKLEDOWN

Seahorse Magazine - December 2016

FLEET OF ROBOTIC BOATS ARE GETTING READY TO SET SAIL

MIT Technology Review - September 2016

AUTONOMOUS SAILING DRONES INVESTIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE HIGH SEAS

ZDNet - September 2016

MANN VON BORD

Die Welt - Sept 2016

With Saildrones, Researchers Learn More About St. Paul’s Fur Seals

KTOO - September 2016

Saildrone Raises $14 Million to Capture Ocean Data Through Autonomous Sailing Drones

Venturebeat - September 2016

NO SAILORS NEEDED: ROBOT SAILBOATS SCOUR THE OCEANS FOR DATA

The New York Times - September 2016

Saildrones Track Fur Seals in the Pribilof Islands to Understand Plummeting Population

The Bristol Bay Times - August 2016

SAILBOAT-LIKE DRONE HELPS NOAA STUDY THE ARCTIC ECOSYSTEM

Product Design & Development - July 2016

HOW NOAA IS TRANSFORMING SCIENCE WITH UNMANNED SYSTEMS

NOAA - July 2016

8 BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATIONS SAVING OUR OCEAN

National Geographic - June 2016

NOAA INVESTS $4.5 MILLION TO IMPROVE OCEAN OBSERVATIONS FOR WEATHER AND CLIMATE PREDICTIONS

NOAA - June 2016

NOAA AND PARTNERS CHART NEW TERRITORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCE

NOAA Fisheries - June 2016

MARINE CONSERVATION - REJUVENATING REEFS

The Economist - February 2016

ECOGIG RESEARCHERS OBSERVE AND DETECT OIL SLICKS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO USING SAILDRONE

ECOGIG - June 2015

Saildrone: Monitoring the Ocean

Marine Conservation Institute - May 2014

The Drone That Will Sail Itself Around the World

Wired Magazine - February 2014

MEET THE SAILDRONE TRACKING SHARKS IN THE PACIFIC

Bloomberg - January 2014

Announcements

Company announcements

Saildrone Launches 72-foot Surveyor, Revolutionizing Ocean Seabed Mapping

January 11, 2021

USVs Complete Milestone Alaska Fisheries Survey

December 10, 2020

Brian Connon Joins Saildrone as VP of Ocean Mapping

December 3, 2020

Saildrone Joins Consortium for Ocean Leadership

December 1, 2020

Winter Storm Chasing to Improve Extreme Weather Forecasts

November 23, 2020

Saildrone Wins National Award for Safety Excellence

November 10, 2020

Anne Hale Miglarese to Lead Impact Science Program at Saildrone

September 22, 2020

Saildrone Hires Barak Ben-Gal as CFO to Scale Ocean Drone Data Solutions

September 8, 2020

Atlantic to Med: An Historic 5,000+ Nautical Mile Voyage for Science

July 20, 2020

Eyes and Ears at Sea: US Coast Guard to Test Saildrone Autonomous MDA Capabilities

June 26, 2020

Saildrone Joins the Alliance for Digital Innovation

June 15, 2020

Saildrone to Perform Alaska Pollock Survey Amid COVID-19 Lockdown

June 1, 2020

Saildrones Complete First Unmanned Passage of Strait of Gibraltar

March 6, 2020

Building an Ecological Baseline in the Central Pacific Ahead of Deep-Sea Mining

December 18, 2019

NOPP Grant Creates 3-Way PPP to Advance Ocean Mapping

December 10, 2019

Saildrone Launches First Atlantic to Mediterranean Mission

November 6, 2019

Saildrone USV Completes First Atlantic Crossing East to West

October 23, 2019

NASA’s Eric Lindstrom to Join Saildrone as Chief Scientist

October 21, 2019

Autonomous Vehicles for Cost-Effective Global Ocean Mapping

October 15, 2019

Saildrone Joins CENIC’s 100Gbps Advanced Broadband Network as Pilot Partner

September 25, 2019

Saildrone at OceanObs’19

September 10, 2019

Shipwreck Discovered During Proof-of-Concept Multibeam Bathymetry Mission

September 4, 2019

Saildrone Gulf Stream Data Set Available on EMODnet

August 20, 2019

Saildrone Completes Fastest Atlantic Crossing by Unmanned Vehicle

August 8, 2019

Saildrone Completes First Autonomous Circumnavigation of Antarctica

August 5, 2019

Unprecedented In Situ Southern Ocean Data Set Released to the Public