Saildrone Voyager Context

Market context

Voyager is Saildrone long-endurance autonomous surface vehicle for high-latitude and extreme-environment ocean missions.

Target environment: Open ocean, high-latitude waters and extreme marine environments.
Workflow context: Long-endurance ocean data collection, environmental monitoring and maritime domain awareness using wind and solar-powered USV.
Customer context: Oceanographic researchers, defence customers and environmental monitoring agencies.
Deployment model: Commercial autonomous surface vehicle with global ocean deployment.
Commercial maturity: Mature USV platform with extensive operational history in extreme environments.
Adoption constraints: Wind and solar propulsion limits speed. Best suited to long-duration monitoring missions.
Market position: Saildrone largest and most capable USV for high-latitude and extreme-environment missions.
Adjacent products: Saildrone Surveyor, Explorer, autonomous USVs

Armed forces

Long-endurance ocean data collection, environmental monitoring and maritime domain awareness using wind and solar-powered USV.

Open ocean, high-latitude waters and extreme marine environments.

Endurance Profile: Multi-month operations
Status: Commercially deployed
Form Type: Powered ocean drone
Length: 10 m
Radar: Marine radar
Sensors Summary: AIS transceiver, PTZ infrared camera, radar, sound velocity profiler and winch, seafloor mapping sonar
Camera: PTZ infrared camera
Operational Role: Ocean survey, maritime surveillance, defence applications
Workflow Focus: Seafloor mapping, maritime domain awareness, defence ISR
Operational Environment: Open ocean, global
Autonomy Model: Autonomous waypoint navigation
Communication: Satellite (Starlink), radio
Deployment Maturity: Commercially deployed
Power: Electric motor
Propulsion: Electric motor primary propulsion; wind auxiliary propulsion
Wing Height: 6 m
Draft: 2 m
Mapping Speed: 5 knots
Service Interval: 100 days
Peak Payload Power: 3.5 kW