Overview
Saildrone designs and operates uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) capable of providing year-round ocean intelligence. The Explorer class is specifically designed for ocean data collection and is powered by renewable wind and solar energy, operating 24/7/365 without the need for crewed support. These vehicles are capable of withstanding the harshest ocean conditions and have sailed over 1,000,000 nautical miles across every ocean on Earth.
Detailed specifications
Safety & certifications1
- Safety Certification
- Equipped with AIS transceiver, navigation lights, radar reflector, high visibility wing colors, and four onboard cameras.[1]
Other19
- Price Tier
- 150K+
- Applications
- warehouse_transport,security_patrol,visual_inspection,surface_inspection
- Sub Category
- unmanned surface vehicle (USV)
- Api Available
- true
- Max Speed M S
- 4.12
- Pricing Model
- raas
- Fleet Software
- Mission Portal
- Max Fleet Size
- 36
- Model Variants
- Explorer,Surveyor,Spectre
- Company Country
- US
- Navigation Type
- gps
- Deployment Notes
- As of 2022, vehicles have sailed 1,000,000+ nautical miles and spent 25,000+ days at sea.[4]
- Compatible Vision
- smart camera array,digital radar,sub-surface passive acoustics,high-resolution MBES,Innomar SBP
- Industries Served
- defense,oceanography,climate_monitoring,weather_forecasting
- Software Platform
- Mission Portal
- Training Required
- advanced_>5days
- Availability Status
- available
- Countries Available
- US
- Additional Information
- Powered exclusively by renewable wind and solar energy; operates 24/7 for up to 365 continuous days at sea without a support vehicle,Has sailed over 2 million nautical miles with 60,000 days at sea over 12+ years of operations,Used for maritime domain awareness, undersea detection, ocean mapping, sub-bottom profiling, and metocean surveys,Notable missions include hurricane monitoring (recorded 109.83 kt winds and 14.15m waves), Antarctic circumnavigation, and US Navy unmanned integration exercises,Offers API and Mission Portal for data delivery; fully managed service model available,Competitive differentiator: unmatched endurance for a USV, able to operate inside hurricanes where crewed vessels cannot,ISO 9001 certified
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