Saildrone demonstrates autonomous monitoring of illegal fishing
Saildrone demonstrated how uncrewed surface vehicles could monitor illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in remote waters.
Evidence notes
- The platform used wind and solar power for persistent operation.
- A 360-degree camera system and onboard GPU supported vessel monitoring.
- The exercise evaluated a lower-cost approach to maritime-domain awareness.
Company context
Saildrone builds and operates uncrewed surface vehicles for maritime intelligence, ocean mapping, ISR and environmental monitoring. Its platforms combine wind or solar power, onboard sensing and autonomy for long-endurance ocean missions.