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Saildrone
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- Height
- 13 meters (44 ft)
- Payload
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- Verified autonomy
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Surveyor
SaildroneThe Saildrone Surveyor is a 20-meter uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) built by Saildrone (Alameda, CA) for deep-ocean mapping, persistent ISR, and maritime intelligence missions. It is wind- and solar-powered, designed for months-long autonomous operation without human intervention, and has been deployed for NOAA seafloor mapping (Mariana Islands), and is being integrated with Lockheed Martin's JAGM Quad Launcher for defense applications. With 12+ years of operations, 2M+ nautical miles, and 60,000+ days at sea across the broader Saildrone fleet, the platform has a substantial operational track record. Note: several extracted facts (pricing for survey software, land surveying services, RTK receivers) are entirely unrelated to the Saildrone Surveyor and appear to be extraction noise from unrelated sources; they are excluded from the reconciled picture.
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Specification
- wing height
- 13 meters (44 ft)
- cruise speed
- 6 knots
- payload power
- 2,000 W steady-state; 4,000 W peak
Price
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Evidence-graded claims from the Saildrone deep report
Saildrone holds a $37M Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with the US Coast Guard and a separate $15.5M USCG contract deploying 16 Voyagers in the Great Lakes and Northeast.
The $37M BPA is reported by Tectonic Defense [6], an independent defense trade publication, and the GSA contract document [5] independently confirms Saildrone's government contracting activity; the $15.5M/16-Voyager contract is cited in official press releases [4][12] but the BPA figure has independent trade-press corroboration.
from Saildrone deep report →Lockheed Martin invested $50M in Saildrone and is integrating Saildrone USVs into its naval systems for US Navy applications.
The $50M investment and systems integration partnership are confirmed by an independent Lockheed Martin press release [14], a primary corporate source distinct from Saildrone's own PR, providing credible third-party corroboration of both the financial commitment and the naval integration intent; specific US Navy program outcomes remain unverified.
from Saildrone deep report →
Saildrone USVs operate autonomously for up to 1 year without human teleoperation, executing navigation, data collection, and surveillance tasks independently.
The 1-year endurance figure originates solely from vendor/commerce sources [7][8]; the aggregate 60,000 days at sea across the fleet [3] is consistent with long-duration missions but no independent third party has verified any single continuous 1-year autonomous run.
from Saildrone deep report →Saildrone USVs are capable of operating in GPS-denied environments.
GPS-denied operation capability is cited in the Tectonic Defense article [6] in the context of the DHS/USCG BPA, but this is a defense trade publication repeating a vendor-context claim with no independent test data or government evaluation report cited.
from Saildrone deep report →
The newly announced Spectre platform (April 2026) is capable of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and high-speed kinetic/VLS strike operations.
Spectre was announced April 20, 2026 [2]; no independent testing, deployment, third-party validation, or government acceptance of kinetic strike or ASW capability has been cited in any source — all capability claims are vendor-only at this stage.
from Saildrone deep report →NOAA lost access to Saildrone's hurricane forecasting tool due to a procurement failure, disrupting the active partnership.
This claim originates from a single low-confidence Reddit community post [15] and is directly contradicted by an official Saildrone press release describing an active NOAA partnership with 10 USVs deployed for a 5th hurricane season [4][12]; the Reddit source is unverified and uncorroborated.
from Saildrone deep report →
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