| Date | Title | Description |
| 29.10.2025 | Lockheed to invest $50M in maritime drone maker | Lockheed Marin has agreed to invest $50 million in Saildrone, a maritime drone manufacturer, with the goal of integrating vessels and missile launch systems into a combined offering for live fire demonstrations in 2026.
Saildrone was founde... |
| 27.10.2025 | Governor Newsom highlights California innovation with Lockheed Martin Skunk Works’ X-59 named “Coolest Thing Made in California” | More than 200,000 votes were cast over four rounds of public voting to determine this year’s “Coolest Thing Made in California.” The Top Four products included Siemen’s Amtrak Airo Trainset, made in Sacramento; Phillips 66’s Sustainable Avi... |
| 13.08.2025 | Leidos takes aim at maritime autonomy | Leidos is a longtime government contractor known for IT—as well as missiles and airport body scanners. But CEO Thomas Bell said the company is poised for a breakaway in maritime autonomy.
“We're not seen as at the vanguard of this, but we'r... |
| 14.05.2025 | Saildrone: $60 Million Raised For Advancing Maritime Autonomy | Saildrone, a leader in maritime autonomy, announced the closing of a $60 million investment round led by EIFO, the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark.
What the funding will be used for: The funding will be used to bring Saildrone technol... |
| 13.05.2025 | Saildrone Raises $60M in Funding | Saildrone, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based company which specializes in maritime autonomy, raised $60M in funding.
The round was led by EIFO, the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark, with participation from Lux Capital, Washington Harbor Part... |
| 19.04.2025 | Navigating the Future: The Rise of Naval Autonomy and Its Challenges | The ocean is a vast expanse, a world of its own. It is both beautiful and treacherous. As technology advances, the Navy is steering toward a new horizon: naval autonomy. This shift is not just a trend; it’s a necessity. The recent Sea-Air-S... |
| 19.04.2025 | Navigating the Waters of Change: The Pentagon's Shift and the Rise of Naval Autonomy | The Pentagon is a ship navigating turbulent waters. Recent changes in leadership and strategy signal a significant shift in how the U.S. military communicates and operates. As the winds of political change blow, the Navy is also charting a ... |
| 15.04.2025 | The state of naval autonomy | NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Dozens of onlookers gathered on a pier overlooking the Potomac River, shivering in the cold wind to see a small, 24-foot long vessel speed around without a captain.
It was Corsair, the smallest offering from robot-boat ... |
| 14.03.2025 | Palantir’s Karp Inks New Manufacturing Deals With Defense Startups | (Bloomberg) -- Palantir Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp said the company wants to make American manufacturing more efficient — announcing a flurry of new partnerships and stressing the importance of a strong industrial b... |
| 17.09.2024 | House Armed Services Committee Members Visit Saildrone HQ After Hearing Testimony from Industry | From left: Rep. Matt Gaetz, Rep. Carlos Gimenez, Saildrone CEO Richard Jenkins, Chairman Mike Rogers, Rep. Sara Jacobs, Rep. Nancy Mace, Rep. Jen Kiggans, Rep. Marc Veasey, Rep. Ro Khanna, and Rep. Rich McCormick in front of two Saildrone S... |
| 22.04.2024 | Saildrone Avoids 99% of Comparable Maritime Emissions | Saildrone’s first Carbon Impact Report highlights that in 2022, the dramatic amount of maritime data collection emissions that can be avoided by using USVs.
As we grow our fleet in support of our science, commercial, and defense customers, ... |
| 06.03.2024 | Saildrone’s first aluminum Surveyor autonomous vessel splashes down for Navy testing | Ocean intelligence company Saildrone has just put the first of a new generation of Surveyor autonomous vessels in the water: an aluminum version that the Navy is keen to take advantage of. But don’t worry — they aren’t putting guns on them.... |
| 06.11.2023 | First Marine Vehicle Classed Using ABS Autonomous Guide | First Marine Vehicle Classed Using ABS Autonomous Guide
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(SAN FRANCISCO) The Saildrone Voyager, a 10-meter commercial uncrewed surface vehicle (USV), is the first autonomous asset built to ABS ... |
| 25.10.2023 | Saildrone Completes First-of-its-Kind Mission to Detect Bats at Sea Using Autonomous Vehicles | A Saildrone Explorer equipped with an ultrasonic microphone spent a month surveying near South Farallon Island, an area known as a migratory bat roost.
A graphic showing the saildrone’s mission track around the Farallon Islands and the roug... |
| 25.09.2023 | Saildrone, RPS Collaborate to Protect Marine Life from Offshore Wind Noise by Deploying Sailing Drones | Inno Flores, Tech Times 25 September 2023, 02:09 am
The rising prominence of offshore wind energy has raised concerns among experts regarding the potential noise pollution that could disrupt marine mammals' communication.
(Photo : OLE BERG-... |
| 03.08.2023 | AI + Carbon = Funded Startups | 8 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Artificial intelligence and carbon removal are two of the hotter themes for startup funding in recent months. So what if you combined the two?
We explored this question in an effort to see how much i... |
| 07.06.2023 | ABS Issues Approval in Principle for Saildrone Uncrewed Surface Vehicles | The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued Approval in Principle (AIP) certificates to Saildrone, including the first AIP for a 10-meter commercial uncrewed surface vehicle (USV), the Saildrone Voyager.
IP, an important first step to ... |
| 28.03.2023 | Janicki Supports Saildrone Voyager Program | Janicki Logo
Saildrone is excited to be working with a great partner like Janicki as we look to scale our capacity to meet our growing customer demand.”
— Saildrone COO Mark CuylerSEDRO-WOOLLEY, WA, UNITED STATES, March 28, 2023/EINPresswir... |
| 28.03.2023 | Saildrone takes the wraps off its Voyager autonomous research vessel | 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 numerous industries. Its latest vessel, the V... |
| 22.09.2022 | Saildrone Captures Video Inside Category 4 Hurricane Fiona | Image captured by SD 1078's onboard camera on September 22, 2022, inside category 4 Hurricane Fiona.
For the second year, NOAA and Saildrone are hurricane chasing with uncrewed wind-powered vehicles.
Saildrone is once again demonstrating it... |
| 24.08.2022 | With Soaring Temperatures and Extreme Weather Events, Ocean Data Has Never Been More Important | Two Saildrone Explorers are collecting data in the central Gulf of Mexico, 42001 and 42003, to help monitor weather and the impacts of climate change.
Two ocean drones are collecting data in the Gulf of Mexico to help monitor weather and th... |
| 10.08.2022 | Ocean Drones Launched in Lake Superior to Support $7B Great Lakes Fishery | SD 1064 deployed from Ashland, WI, into Chequamegon Bay, on the southwestern shore of Lake Superior. Photo: Don Jaskowiak.
Collecting data to improve fish counts, monitor environmental health, and help to protect native fish species.
Sustai... |
| 18.10.2021 | Saildrone Raises $100M in Series C Funding | Saildrone, an Alameda, Calif.-based provider of ocean data, ocean mapping, and maritime intelligence solutions, closed its $100M Series C funding round, bringing the total raised to date to $190M.
The round was led by Bond with participatio... |
| 18.10.2021 | Saildrone catches a $100M C breeze to build more robo-boats | The ocean economy is growing in importance, and with it grows the need to map, understand and track the ocean itself. Saildrone has been doing just that with its fleet of autonomous science vessels, and the company has now raised a massive ... |
| 18.10.2021 | Former U.S. secretary of state and Salesforce board member Colin Powell, dies at 84 | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Colin Powell, the first African American to be U.S. secretary of state and the first chairman of ... |
| 18.10.2021 | Saildrone Closes $100 Million Series C Funding Round to Advance Ocean Intelligence Products | ALAMEDA, Calif., Oct. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Saildrone, the emerging market leader in ocean data, ocean mapping, and maritime intelligence solutions, today announced the close of its $100M Series C round, bringing its total funding to $19... |
| 18.10.2021 | Former U.S. secretary of state and Salesforce board member Colin Powell, dies at 84 | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Colin Powell, the first African American to be U.S. secretary of state and the first chairman of ... |
| 12.08.2021 | New hurricane-hunting drones deployed to help warn of intensifying storms: "This could be transformational" | With Tropical Depression Fred lashing the Dominican Republic and Haiti with heavy rain and powerful winds, and poised to hit Florida this weekend, a revolutionary new tool could make it easier to predict the intensity of storms and where th... |
| 09.07.2021 | World's Most Advanced Autonomous Research Vehicle Completes Ocean Crossing from San Francisco to Hawaii | HONOLULU, July 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The uncrewed, autonomous, Saildrone Surveyor will arrive in Hawaii today after a groundbreaking maiden voyage from San Francisco to Honolulu.
The 72-foot Saildrone Surveyor, the world's most advanced a... |
| 11.01.2021 | Saildrone launches a 72-foot autonomous seabed-mapping boat | Mapping the ocean’s floor is a surprisingly vital enterprise, which helps with a range of activities including shipping, coastal protection, and deep-sea resource gathering. It’s also a very costly and time-consuming activity, which can be ... |
| 01.12.2020 | A New Golden Age Of Sailing Is Here: Five Exciting Projects | New ship design by Swedish industry cluster, Oceanbird using fixed sail wind propulsionOceanBird |
| 06.09.2020 | Japan’s Science Missteps Risk Major Diplomatic Incident In Mauritius Over Wakashio Oil Spill | 6 miles away from the crash site, mangrove roots are still heavily drenched in Wakashio's engine oil ... [+] at Anse Jonchée, next to Bois des Amourettes village in South East Mauritius Photo: O'Brian Clarisse |
| 03.09.2020 | Global Shipping’s Moral Authority Plunges In Mauritius As Pope Intervenes In Wakashio Saga | 30 August 2020: Pope Francis calls for prayers for Mauritius from the window of the apostolic palace ... [+] overlooking St. Peter's Square in The Vatican during the weekly Angelus prayer.AFP via Getty Images |
| 15.08.2020 | The Five Factors That Decide How Much Compensation After A Major Oil Spill | Aerial view taken on August 6, 2020 when Wakashio first started leaking Heavy Fuel Oil into the ... [+] pristine coral lagoon off the Indian Ocean Island of Mauritius, amid three internationally protected nature reserves.AFP via Getty Image... |
| 03.01.2020 | Oceans of opportunity: surveying 2020’s seafaring startup potential | Space attracts a lot of attention as an area of frontier tech investment and entrepreneurship, but there’s another vast expanse that could actually be more addressable by the innovation economy — Earth’s oceans.
Seafaring startups aren’t at... |
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| 15.05.2018 | Saildrone Raises $60M in Series B Funding | Saildrone, Inc., an Alameda, Calif.-based provider of high-resolution ocean data collected via a fleet of unmanned surface vehicles, closed a $60m round of Series B funding.
The round, which brings the total amount raised by the company sin... |
| 17.08.2017 | Social Capital adds a new partner to the mix: Mike Ghaffary | If you’ve worked in tech in the Bay Area over the last decade or more, you quite possibly know Mike Ghaffary, a USC grad who nabbed both his MBA and JD from Harvard before beginning to work his way through a number of well-known institution... |
| 11.08.2017 | The US Government must work with tech companies if it wants to remain competitive in AI | U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis is concluding his tech tour of the West Coast today with a visit to Google’s Mountain View campus. Mattis spent time at Amazon and DiuX, the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental, earlier in the week. H... |
| 05.09.2016 | Saildrone raises $14 million to capture ocean data through autonomous sailing drones | Autonomous ocean drone startup Saildrone has raised $14 million in a Series A round led by Social Capital, with participation from the Capricorn Investment Group and Lux Capital.
Founded out of Alameda, California in 2012, Saildrone serves ... |
| 05.09.2016 | Saildrone Raises $14M In Series A Funding | Saildrone Inc., an Alameda, Calif.-based provider of ocean data collected by a fleet of unmanned, autonomous sailing drones, closed a $14m Series A funding.
The round – which follows the mission related investment from The Schmidt Family Fo... |
| 05.09.2016 | Saildrone raises $14 million to capture ocean data through autonomous sailing drones | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Autonomous ocean drone startup Saildrone has raised $14 million in a Series A round led by Social Capital, with participation from the ... |
| 14.03.2015 | Creeping Towards Hardware As A Service | Jon Evans Contributor
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| - | Разработчик беспилотных судов для изучения океана Saildrone привлёк $100 млн Статьи редакции | Надводные дроны Saildrone изучают состояние океана и составляют карты морского дна.
Общий объём привлечённых средств составил $190 млн, говорится в блоге компании. Инвестиции направят на расширение планов по изучению океана.
Среди инвесторо... |
| - | Saildrone | “Saildrone is an oceanographic survey and maritime defense company delivering the real-time, accurate data required to monitor and protect our oceans.” |
