As Hurricane Milton barreled towards Florida as a Category 3 storm, uncrewed Saildrone surface vehicles were already on the front lines, capturing crucial data near the storm’s core. On Wednesday,…
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The US Navy recently took delivery of new large unmanned surface vehicle (USV) developed jointly by California-based maritime robotics company Saildrone and defence shipbuilder Austal USA. The USV, given the official designation SD-3000, was designed for ocean mapping and maritime domain awareness missions. The craft is contracted to the US Navy for initial testing and […]
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US unmanned systems specialist saildrone has deployed two of its unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to conduct an ocean mapping mission on the US East Coast. The USVs will return to the area where they spent two months in the summer of 2023 mapping in the north-central Gulf of Maine in support of...
Austal USA has launched a new large unmanned surface vehicle (USV) designed for ocean mapping and maritime domain awareness missions. The 65-foot (20-metre) USV was developed by unmanned systems specialist Saildrone. The vessel is powered by wind energy, solar energy, and a diesel generator for...
Alameda, California-based Saildrone, a leading company in ocean data collection using autonomous vehicles, has achieved a significant milestone by receiving the first-ever classification for an autonomous, uncrewed surface vehicle (USV)…
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U.S.-based maritime intelligence firm Saildrone has unveiled the 33-foot Voyager, a mid-size uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) for near-shore ocean mapping and maritime security missions. The Voyager joins Saildrone’s existing lineup…
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Saildrone, a leading autonomous vessel company, has successfully completed a groundbreaking ocean survey mission in remote areas off California and Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, mapping over 45,000 square kilometers of previously…
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Two Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessels and the guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) operate in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 8. US Navy Photo
The commander of the U.S. Navy in the Middle East is pitching more countries in the region to use more unmanned systems to counter criminal activities and possible terrorist and military threats off their coasts, the service’s top officer in Central Command told reporters Monday.
Working together, the members of the Gulf Cooperation...
Two Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessels and the guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) operate in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 8. US Navy Photo
Guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) and two Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessels operated by U.S. 5th Fleet participated in a three-day maritime exercise led by the International Maritime Security Construct, the Navy announced Monday.
The destroyer and two drones were part of exercise Sentinel Shield,...
A Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel (USV) operates with guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) in the Arabian Gulf during exercise Phantom Scope, Oct. 7, 2022. US Navy Photo
The United States and its allies want a force of 100 unmanned surface vessels patrolling waters from the Red Sea into the Persian Gulf by next summer, the commander of U.S. 5th Fleet said on Tuesday.
“We’ve established a goal to have 100 unmanned surface vessels available for patrol in waters around...