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Surveyor at Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea

Saildrone's Surveyor is its largest extreme-range blue-water autonomous surface vehicle, combining wind-powered propulsion with solar-powered meteorological, oceanographic, acoustic, and ISR sensors for long-endurance deep-ocean mapping and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.

Surveyor by Saildrone · Unverified · Maritime

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Saildrone completed pioneering mapping of Cayman Islands EEZ — first country mapped using autonomous systems.

Exposure

Customer segment
research
Scale tier
pilot lt10
Customer
Cayman Islands Government

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Surveyor at Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea.

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Trust tier
Unverifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-27
Company
Saildrone
Status
operational
Operator type
maker operated
First seen
2025-12-03
ID
35b5b7b4-1005-49dd-aa2e-91dbc9ba5d12

Timeline

  1. Dec 2025
    First recorded
    Surveyor first documented operating at Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea.
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: operational
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Operates worldwide

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Sources (1)

  1. https://www.saildrone.com/media-room/press-releases/saildrone-completes-pioneering-mapping-mission-cayman-islands-eez
Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-27

Verification posture

Unreviewed

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-27

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: research

Lifecycle: superseded

Architectural position

Cohort: maritime_surface

Sources by quality tier

1
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Methodology surface for Surveyor at Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea.

Common questions

What is the Surveyor deployment at Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea?
Surveyor, built by Saildrone, is recorded as a deployment at Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea on the DEPLOY registry. Saildrone operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Surveyor at Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea?
Saildrone, the manufacturer of Surveyor, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Surveyor deployment at Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting December 3, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Surveyor deployment at Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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