Saildrone is a maritime defense company headquartered in Alameda, California, with an additional office in Washington, DC. The firm designs, manufactures, and operates a fleet of autonomous unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to provide persistent, wide-area intelligence and payload effects for defense missions. Its platforms are also deployed for commercial and government applications including maritime domain awareness, ocean mapping, and hurricane monitoring.
The company's technical capabilities span autonomous USV design, AI-driven detection, real-time surface and subsurface awareness, sensor technology, and wind and solar power systems. Its product line includes the Explorer, Voyager, Surveyor, and Spectre USV platforms, all designed for data collection missions.
Saildrone has accumulated over 12 years of operational experience, with its fleet having sailed more than 2.5 million nautical miles and spent 65,000 days at sea. The company operates deployment hubs globally to support its persistent maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions for defense, government, and commercial customers.
