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Saildrone Explorer SD 1045 made global headlines when it spent 24 hours inside category 4 Hurricane Sam in September 2021, delivering the world’s first video footage from inside a major hurricane as it surged across the Atlantic.

A first-of-its-kind research boat on Lake Erie is headed toward Western New York after setting sail July 14 and tracking fish populations from Toledo to Cleveland.

There is little question that world militaries see the value of unmanned systems to complement their manned counterparts.

BY D’ARCY PATRICK EGAN

The startup’s nautical data collection technology has tracked hurricanes up close in the North Atlantic, discovered a 3,200-foot underwater mountain in the Pacific Ocean and begun to help map the entirety of the world’s ocean floor.

The Saildrone autonomous surface vessel has operated on scientific and military missions around the world, from the Bering Strait to the Eastern Pacif...

Saildrone is making a splash in autonomous oceanic monitoring. The startup’s nautical data collection technology has tracked hurricanes up close in th...

CHARLEVOIX – The U.S. Geological Survey is using an autonomous surface vehicle on lakes Michigan and Huron from late-July through September to improve fishery surveys across the lakes in cooperation

On July 19, a wind and solar-powered uncrewed surface vehicle called a Saildrone Explorer was launched on Lake Michigan out of Charlevoix.

In the realm of autonomous oceanic monitoring, one company stands out as a leader in innovation and efficiency. Saildrone, a San Francisco-based startup,