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Saildrone Surveyor

Surveyor is Saildrone large uncrewed surface vehicle for deep-ocean mapping, maritime ISR and long-range defense missions. It carries sonar, communications...

Facts

Company
Saildrone
Product type
uncrewed_surface_vehicle
Status
commercial
Primary capability
generalist
Website
https://www.saildrone.com/platform/surveyor

About Saildrone Surveyor

Saildrone Surveyor is a 20-metre, 15-tonne autonomous surface vessel designed for deep-ocean mapping and blue-water maritime intelligence. Its hull carries multibeam sonar, water-column sensors, communications and customer-provided mission equipment across long-range deployments.

The platform has completed autonomous deep-water cable-route and seabed surveys and supports hydrographic standards required for commercial mapping. Defence configurations add surface and subsurface sensing for persistent ISR. Saildrone operates Surveyor missions through remote command centres and processes collected data for government and commercial customers.

Market context

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Summary

Type: USV

Core: Seafloor mapping

Function: Build maps

Audience: Marine operators

Specifications

autonomy_model
Autonomous waypoint navigation
camera
PTZ infrared camera
communication
Satellite (Starlink)
deployment_maturity
Commercially deployed
draft
3.6 m
endurance_profile
Multi-month deep-water operations
form_type
Large ocean survey drone
length
20 m
mapping_speed
6 knots
operational_environment
Open ocean, deep water, global
operational_role
Deep-water ocean survey, bathymetric mapping, maritime surveillance
peak_payload_power
6 kW
power
80 hp high-efficiency diesel engine
propulsion
80 hp diesel primary propulsion; wind auxiliary propulsion
radar
Marine radar
sensors_summary
PTZ infrared camera, radar, AIS transceiver, passive acoustics, deep-water seafloor mapping sonar
service_interval
100 days
status
Commercially deployed
steady_payload_power
3 kW
wing_height
13 m
workflow_focus
Deep-water bathymetric survey, maritime domain awareness, defence ISR

Operations

Product detail
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