Deployment

Spectre at USA

Saildrone's Spectre is its largest, fastest, and most capable platform to date, designed to fill an anti-submarine-warfare (ASW) capability gap and deliver high-speed, stealthy mission effects at sea.

Spectre by Saildrone · Unverified · Maritime

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Recent coverage

Saildrone expands European footprint with production plans in 3 countriesBreaking Defense · 2026-08-18
Spectre rears its ugly head again as researchers show some RISC-V chips are susceptibleThe Register · 2026-08-12
MIT boffins' TONTOU attack slips through Spectre defenses on Intel and AMD CPUsThe Register · 2026-08-07

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Saildrone unveiled Spectre, a 170-foot high-speed USV for anti-submarine warfare, ISR, and strike capability.

Exposure

Customer segment: defense
Scale tier: pilot lt10

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Spectre at USA.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier: Unverifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated: 2026-08-27
Model: Spectre
Company: Saildrone
Location: United States/USA
Status: announced
Operator type: maker operated
First seen: 2026-04-20
ID: 8f861ab8-fe66-4a70-8e1f-d41de888633d

Timeline

Apr 2026
First recorded
Spectre first documented operating at USA.
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)

https://www.saildrone.com/media-room/press-releases/saildrone-unveils-spectre-new-class-high-speed-unmanned-surface-vessel-usv-naval-operations

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: active

Architectural position

Cohort: maritime_surface

Sources by quality tier

1: unclassified; Unclassified source

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Common questions

What is the Spectre deployment at USA?

Spectre, built by Saildrone, is recorded as a deployment at USA on the DEPLOY registry. Saildrone operates the deployment directly.

Who operates Spectre at USA?

Saildrone, the manufacturer of Spectre, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

When did the Spectre deployment at USA go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting April 20, 2026 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

Is the Spectre 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 Spectre 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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