# Surveyor at USA: deployment

Canonical ID: `e70ead08-5cb8-44f2-b369-29cfc82321ae`

Lockheed Martin invested $50M in [Saildrone](/companies/saildrone.md) to advance USV capabilities for US Navy, integrating defense technology.

**Trust tier:** Unverified

_Last updated: 2026-08-27_

- **Slug:** saildrone-lockheed-50m-2025
- **Status:** announced
- **Model:** [Surveyor](/models/saildrone-surveyor.md) (id: `98c6f55a-f99c-4ec4-a48d-324b4cc29e53`)
- **Category:** [Maritime](/maritime)
- **Company:** [Saildrone](/companies/saildrone.md) (id: `cf9ac30f-cbfb-4469-96ef-452e4f16f920`)
- **Location:** [USA](/locations/united-states/usa.md) (id: `4baf82da-d508-4d48-b22d-1581c971e89f`)
- **First seen:** 2025-10-29T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

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

## 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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