{"id":"c3387dec-cbc7-488d-a892-68bfbfefd9d4","modelId":"385b5e9b-4631-4e27-8b28-23993f6c0cf9","versionId":null,"locationId":"aaf012fa-168b-4846-953c-a3295195aebc","operatorId":null,"ownerId":null,"slug":"saildrone-usv-north-america","status":"operational","firstSeen":null,"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://rover.report","title":"Rover registry backfill","date_accessed":"2026-06-07"}],"notes":"North American operational deployment. 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Its line spans the 7-meter Explorer, the 10-meter Voyager, and the 20-meter Surveyor, with a new 52-meter diesel-electric hybrid Spectre announced in 2026 for delivery in 2027 that departs from the wind-and-solar identity. It runs a captive mission-operation model, owning and operating the fleet and selling data and outcomes rather than vessels, with customers including NOAA, the US Navy's 4th Fleet for counter-narcotics and illegal-fishing work, and Denmark's EIFO, and funding including a $100 million Series C, a $60 million EIFO round in May 2025, and a $50 million Lockheed Martin strategic investment in October 2025. The registry records it at commercial maturity, the most mature commercial surface-autonomy player, on twelve-plus years of operation, 130-plus vehicles, and recurring contracts. A significant cap-flag applies to its cumulative-scale figures, which are inconsistent across its own channels: an October 2023 primary milestone of 1,042,620 nautical miles, 32,438 days at sea, and 136 vehicles is the defensible verified anchor, while its homepage now claims more than 2 million nautical miles and a separate 2026 figure cites 2.5 million miles, both with the day-count frozen at 60,000, so the 2-to-2.5-million-mile claims are treated as not verified. The strongest discrete verified scale is its Navy 4th Fleet operation of about 130,000 nautical miles over roughly 2,700 mission-days. Its autonomy is genuine, though the degree of human supervision during missions is undisclosed.","formFactor":"maritime","maturityStage":"commercial","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified","value":"Saildrone (founded 2012, Alameda CA; founder Richard Jenkins; President ret. Adm. 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