Increasing global instability and emerging threats are reinforcing the mission criticality of maritime security and ocean intelligence. To meet that challenge, Saildrone, a company that builds and operates one of the world's
Increasing global instability and emerging threats are reinforcing the mission criticality of maritime security and ocean intelligence. To meet that challenge, Saildrone, a company that builds and operates one of the world's largest fleets of unscrewed surface vehicles (USVs), is redefining how oceans are explored, monitored and protected.
At the helm is Brian Connon, vice president of ocean mapping and a former U.S. Navy oceanographer. After leaving the Navy, Connon joined a hydrographic research center at the University of Southern Mississippi, which lead to his role at Saildrone. Now, four and a half years in, Connon has helped establish and scale up the company's ocean mapping capabilities.
Saildone sets the standard
In just over a decade, Saildrone has logged more than two million nautical miles and 50,000 days at sea, from the Arctic and to the Southern Ocean. "We circumnavigated Antarctica and we've served customers from NOAA and NASA to the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard, and in similar foreign civil and defense organizations around the world," noted Connon.
The company has delivered 100 Explorer-class, 45 Voyager-class, and 6 Surveyor-class vehicles—all manufactured in-house—designed to support a range of missions from research to reconnaissance.
Today, nearly 50 Saildrone vehicles are actively
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