NOAA and Saildrone will deploy 10 autonomous surface vehicles during the 2026 hurricane season to improve storm forecasting.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – As Hurricane Helene churns in the Gulf of Mexico, cutting-edge technology from Saildrone, Inc. is giving us a firsthand look at the storm’s incredible power. A Saildrone unmanned ...

Tomahawk Missiles Planned Aboard Sea Drones in Latest Lockheed Deal By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Lockheed Martin is investing $50 million in sea drone maker Saildrone to help equip its biggest ...

A Saildrone Surveyor drone is shown equipped with Thales’ BlueSentry sensor package, designed to detect underwater threats. (Saildrone) MILAN — Thales Australia has partnered with Saildrone to ...

The Bay Area is playing a key role in predicting the behavior of Hurricane Debby. Researchers hope to help scientists and the public better understand these storms with the goal of saving lives. They ...

Since we first got wind of Saildrone's ocean data-gathering autonomous USVs back in 2018, they've mapped miles of ocean floor, chased hurricanes (and even shared video from inside Hurricane Sam), and ...

A Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel (USV) sails in the Gulf of Aqaba off of Jordan's coast, Dec. 12, during exercise Digital Horizon. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Deandre Dawkins) The Navy ...

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Unlike Bob Dylan in his hit song, Saildrones really does hope the answer is "blowin’ in the wind". The company plans to launch five of its ocean drones in the Caribbean, to gather data from hurricanes ...

Saildrone has quickly risen to the surface of the growing field of autonomous seagoing vehicles — a category you could be forgiven for not knowing about but that is increasingly important across ...

Saildrone's Spectre design is 54 meters long and 250 metric tons, capable of a speed up to 30 knots. (Saildrone) The company released the Saildrone Spectre design, a vessel 54 meters long and 250 ...