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Study Finds Saildrone Effective for Air-Sea Interaction Studies

Ocean News & Technology - October 2019

USV Completes First Autonomous Circumnavigation of Antarctica

Hydro International - 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

Saildrone is first to circumnavigate Antarctica, in search for carbon dioxide

Phys.org - August 2019

Seafaring robot 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 3-D 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

The Southern Ocean may be less of a carbon sink than we thought

Science News - 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

DATA SURFER - ANNOTATED

Inc Magazine - March 2019

NOAA plans to test Saildrones for Arctic Ocean mapping

Arctic Today - Jan 2019

CUTTING EDGE SAILDRONE MAY HELP IMPROVE WEATHER FORECASTS

WPRI - January 2019

EFFORT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GULF STREAM STARTS IN NEWPORT HARBOR

NewportRI.com - January 2019

SAILDRONE AND NOAA TEAM UP TO MONITOR FISH POPULATIONS

CBS8 - November 2018

SAILDRONE - SHIPYARD OF THE FUTURE

Latitude38 - August 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...

CNBC - April 2018

UNIQUE SCIENCE EXPEDITION LEADING TO POSSIBLE PROTECTION OF THE WHITE SHARK CAFÉ EMBARKS THIS WEEK

Chicago Evening Post - 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

SAILDRONES CAPTURE VALUABLE OCEAN DATA

Industry Update - 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

SAILDRONES: CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY FOR OCEAN RESEARCH

NOAA Fisheries - November 2017

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 MONEY - 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

THE LATEST: TRUMPS BACKS OBAMA-ERA DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY UNIT

Seattle Times - August 2017

SAILING DRONE CAPTURES DAWN WHILE CROSSING THE BERING STRAIT

NOAA - August 2017

SUMMER OF SAILING DRONES

NOAA - July 2017

THE 25 MOST DISRUPTIVE COMPANIES OF THE YEAR

Inc. Magazine - June 2017

THE MOST EXCITING DRONES AREN'T IN THE AIR--THEY'RE IN THE OCEAN

Inc. Magazine - June 2017

THE SCIENCE OF FINDING WHALES

NOAA - February 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 OVER PRIBILOFS

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

UNMANNED VESSELS DEPLOYED FOR ALASKA OCEAN RESEARCH

CBS News - June 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

UNMANNED VESSELS DEPLOYED FOR ALASKA OCEAN RESEARCH

Associated Press - June 2016

NOAA AND PARTNERS CHART NEW TERRITORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCE

NOAA Fisheries - June 2016

MARINE CONSERVATION - REJUVENATING REEFS

The Economist - February 2016

SAILING FOR SCIENTIFIC SUCCESS IN THE BERING SEA

NOAA Research Communications - June 2015

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

DRONE SAILBOAT TO COLLECT RESEARCH DATA, AID MILITARY

Bloomberg - December 2013

SAILDRONE: NEW WORLD RECORD FOR AUTONOMOUS SAILBOAT

Scuttlebut Sailing News - November 2013

Announcements

Company announcements

Saildrone Launches First Atlantic to Mediterranean Mission

November 6, 2019

Saildrone and JAMSTEC: Innovative Data Collection in the Western Pacific

October 29, 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

Gain a Competitive Advantage on the Water with Saildrone Forecast

August 29, 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

August 5, 2019

Saildrone Forecast Is the Official Weather Sponsor of Cowes Week

August 2, 2019

Winners Announced for Antarctica Wing Design & Video Contests

May 15, 2019

Bring Antarctica to Your Classroom with These STEM-Oriented Lessons

May 13, 2019

Norway Launches Saildrone USVs in the North Sea for Fisheries Research

April 30, 2019

100 Days in the Southern Ocean

April 29, 2019

Saildrone Meets with Students in Hong Kong

April 8, 2019

Saildrone at the Exploratorium for Ocean Discovery Month

September 9, 2018

Assessing Fish Abundance on the West Coast in 100 Days

February 6, 2019

Expanding Our Fleet of Sailing Drones

September 5, 2016

A Gateway to the Southern Ocean

January 24, 2018

A Step Towards A Quantified Planet: Announcing Our $60 Million Series B

May 15, 2018

Latest Press

Press Articles

Study Finds Saildrone Effective for Air-Sea Interaction Studies

USV Completes First Autonomous Circumnavigation of Antarctica

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

First saildrone circumnavigates Antarctica, seeking carbon dioxide

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

World First: Saildrone Circumnavigates Antarctica

Saildrone is first to circumnavigate Antarctica, in search for carbon dioxide

Seafaring robot crashes into iceberg, still finishes scientific trip around Antarctica

Saildrone’s Journey Around Antarctica Uncovers New Climate Clues

First study of 3-D seabed imagery in Gulf by remote drone celebrated

Saildrone launched with seafloor mapping capabilities in the Gulf of Mexico shows promise for remote Arctic mapping

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

The Southern Ocean may be less of a carbon sink than we thought

Saildrone Set to Track Alaska Red King Crab

How robots are revolutionizing chemical oceanography

Her slippes seildronene som skal erstatte forskningsfartøyer

DATA SURFER - ANNOTATED

NOAA plans to test Saildrones for Arctic Ocean mapping

CUTTING EDGE SAILDRONE MAY HELP IMPROVE WEATHER FORECASTS

EFFORT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GULF STREAM STARTS IN NEWPORT HARBOR

SAILDRONE AND NOAA TEAM UP TO MONITOR FISH POPULATIONS

SAILDRONE - SHIPYARD OF THE FUTURE

NEW NOPP PROJECT AIMS TO IMPROVE ARCTIC ENVIRONMENTAL DATA

SAILDRONES GO WHERE HUMANS CAN'T - OR DON'T WANT TO - TO STUDY THE WORLD'S OCEANS

SAILDRONES MONITOR PLANT GROWTH AND ACIDIFICATION IN REMOTE ARCTIC WATERS

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

THIS ARMADA OF SAILDRONES COULD CONQUER THE OCEAN

THESE AUTONOMOUS DRONES CAN HELP RESEARCHERS FORECAST...

UNIQUE SCIENCE EXPEDITION LEADING TO POSSIBLE PROTECTION OF THE WHITE SHARK CAFÉ EMBARKS THIS WEEK

打造海上无人舰队可监控气候变化对海洋影响

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

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

SAILDRONES CAPTURE VALUABLE OCEAN DATA

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

SAILDRONE FLEET COULD HELP REPLACE AGING BUOYS

SAILING THE WIRED SEAS

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

NEW COURSE SET FOR OCEAN OBSERVATIONS

SAILDRONES: CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY FOR OCEAN RESEARCH

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

DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CREATES PROGRAM TO TAP SILICON VALLEY TALENT

OCEAN DRONES FOR A QUANTIFIED PLANET

THESE OCEAN DRONES ARE TRAWLING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE DATA

SAILDRONES TO ENHANCE THE TROPICAL PACIFIC OBSERVING SYSTEM

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

THE LATEST: TRUMPS BACKS OBAMA-ERA DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY UNIT

SAILING DRONE CAPTURES DAWN WHILE CROSSING THE BERING STRAIT

SUMMER OF SAILING DRONES

THE 25 MOST DISRUPTIVE COMPANIES OF THE YEAR

THE MOST EXCITING DRONES AREN'T IN THE AIR--THEY'RE IN THE OCEAN

THE SCIENCE OF FINDING WHALES

SELF-DRIVING BOATS WILL SOON BE SETTING SAIL

NOW THAT'S TRICKLEDOWN

FLEET OF ROBOTIC BOATS ARE GETTING READY TO SET SAIL

AUTONOMOUS SAILING DRONES INVESTIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE HIGH SEAS

MANN VON BORD

WITH SAILDRONES, RESEARCHERS LEARN MORE ABOUT ST. PAUL’S FUR SEALS

SAILDRONE RAISES $14 MILLION TO CAPTURE OCEAN DATA THROUGH AUTONOMOUS SAILING DRONES

NO SAILORS NEEDED: ROBOT SAILBOATS SCOUR THE OCEANS FOR DATA

SAILDRONES TRACK FUR SEALS OVER PRIBILOFS

SAILBOAT-LIKE DRONE HELPS NOAA STUDY THE ARCTIC ECOSYSTEM

HOW NOAA IS TRANSFORMING SCIENCE WITH UNMANNED SYSTEMS

UNMANNED VESSELS DEPLOYED FOR ALASKA OCEAN RESEARCH

8 BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATIONS SAVING OUR OCEAN

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

UNMANNED VESSELS DEPLOYED FOR ALASKA OCEAN RESEARCH

NOAA AND PARTNERS CHART NEW TERRITORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCE

MARINE CONSERVATION - REJUVENATING REEFS

SAILING FOR SCIENTIFIC SUCCESS IN THE BERING SEA

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

SAILDRONE: MONITORING THE OCEAN

THE DRONE THAT WILL SAIL ITSELF AROUND THE WORLD

MEET THE SAILDRONE TRACKING SHARKS IN THE PACIFIC

DRONE SAILBOAT TO COLLECT RESEARCH DATA, AID MILITARY

SAILDRONE: NEW WORLD RECORD FOR AUTONOMOUS SAILBOAT

Announcements

Saildrone Launches First Atlantic to Mediterranean Mission

Saildrone and JAMSTEC: Innovative Data Collection in the Western Pacific