Organization

Saildrone

Maritime autonomy company whose uncrewed surface vehicles collect ocean data, surveillance and seafloor mapping.

Description source: saildrone.com

Connections

Vessel family in research missionSaildrone ExplorerSource
Contracted to operateVoyagerSource

Coverage

Saildrone Spectre uncrewed surface vessels at sea (illustration)

2 November 2026

Court orders Navy to re-evaluate Saildrone's bid for medium uncrewed boats

United States: a federal court found Saildrone was unlawfully excluded from the Navy's competition for medium-sized uncrewed surface vessels.

Saildrone; Bloomberg Law
A Saildrone boat marked 'In service for the Swedish Navy'

Collected 27 October 2026

Sweden orders uncrewed Baltic surveillance as a service

Sweden's navy gets year-round uncrewed Baltic Sea surveillance as a service: the defence materiel administration contracted Saildrone to operate four Voyager uncrewed boats for 360 days each, monitoring vessel traffic in Swedish waters…

thedigitalship.com
Photograph from the noaa.gov report

Collected 26 October 2026

Saildrone begins a five-year Southern Ocean mission

Southern Ocean: The first of four Saildrone Explorer uncrewed sailing vessels left Hobart, Tasmania, on 19 September to start a five-year project led by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Columbia…

noaa.gov