Saildrone Surveyor

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.

Yes. Surveyor is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.

Surveyor is made by Saildrone, based in Alameda, California, USA, founded in 2012.

7 verified deployments of Surveyor are on the DEPLOY registry, including at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA, North Atlantic Ocean, USA.

Surveyor is at research stage and is not yet available for sale.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable maritime_surface robots to Surveyor include Corsair, Voyager, Saildrone USV (Explorer / Voyager / Surveyor), Saronic USV (Corsair / Mirage / Marauder).

Surveyor and Corsair (Saronic Technologies · 8 deployments) are both maritime_surface robots on the DEPLOY registry. Surveyor has 7 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Surveyor ranks in roughly the top 7% of maritime_surface models tracked by the registry.

Surveyor is at the research stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Research stage means active development without commercial deployments on file.

Surveyor has been superseded by a newer generation. The historical record remains on the registry for reference. Successor: Saildrone USV (Explorer / Voyager / Surveyor).

Surveyor has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.