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Surveyor at USA

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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Lockheed Martin invested $50M in Saildrone to advance USV capabilities for US Navy, integrating defense technology.

Exposure

Customer segment
defense
Scale tier
fleet 1000 plus
Customer
Lockheed Martin

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Surveyor at USA.

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Trust tier
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Last updated
2026-08-27
Model
Surveyor
Company
Saildrone
Location
United States/USA
Status
announced
Operator type
maker operated
First seen
2025-10-29
ID
e70ead08-5cb8-44f2-b369-29cfc82321ae

Timeline

  1. Oct 2025
    First recorded
    Surveyor first documented operating at USA.
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: announced
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (1)

  1. https://www.saildrone.com/media-room/press-releases/lockheed-martin-invests-usd-50m-saildrone-advance-unmanned-surface-vehicle-capabilities-us-navy
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Lifecycle: superseded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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Common questions

What is the Surveyor deployment at USA?
Surveyor, built by Saildrone, is recorded as a deployment at USA on the DEPLOY registry. Saildrone operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Surveyor at USA?
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 USA go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting October 29, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Is the Surveyor deployment at USA still active?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is announced but not yet operating.
Have there been incidents at the Surveyor deployment at USA?
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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