# Saildrone: company

Canonical ID: `cf9ac30f-cbfb-4469-96ef-452e4f16f920`

## Key facts

- **Product:** Wind+solar USVs (Explorer/Voyager/Surveyor) + Spectre diesel hybrid; captive data-as-a-service.
- **Scale (verified anchor):** 1.04M nm / 32,438 days / 136 vehicles (Oct 2023 primary); 2-2.5M claimed-not-verified.

- **Slug:** saildrone
- **Status:** private ($100M Series C + $60M EIFO + $50M Lockheed)
- **Founded:** 2012
- **HQ:** Alameda, California, USA

## Models

- [Saildrone USV (Explorer / Voyager / Surveyor)](/models/saildrone-usv.md) (maritime) (id: `385b5e9b-4631-4e27-8b28-23993f6c0cf9`)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Sources (3)

1. https://www.saildrone.com/news/saildrone-surpasses-one-million-nautical-miles
2. https://breakingdefense.com/2025/10/lockheed-martin-invests-50m-in-saildrone/
3. https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/sea-air-space-2026/saildrone-spectre/

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