Saildrone

Defense · Private

Uncrewed surface vehicles for ocean data collection and maritime surveillance

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · saildrone.com

Sector: Defense
Total capital: $67.7M

Federal grants: None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $67.7M; 49 awards · Commerce, Homeland Security, Defense; Rank in Defense#117 of 1442
Granted patents: 9; 4 pending · first 2015; Rank in peer group#11 of 129

Capital timeline

Latest events

Aug 2026Federal contractHomeland Security · Call Order For Northeast And Great Lakes Districts Maritime Domain Awareness.$8.5M
Apr 2026Federal contractCommerce · Protech Fisheries Task Order For Uncrewed Surface Vehicle Southern Ocean Data Collection$1.6M
Mar 2026Federal contractHomeland Security · Continuous Maritime Domain Awareness (mda) Call Order For Northeast And Great Lakes Districts$15.6M
Feb 2026Federal contractHomeland Security · Call Order For Southwest District Maritime Domain Awareness.$2.5M
Oct 2025Federal contractCommerce · Noaa/omao, Uxsoc, Uncrewed Maritime Systems (ums) For Hurricane Observations$2.8M
Oct 2025Federal contractCommerce · Noaa/omao, Uxsoc,uncrewed Maritime Systems (ums) For Meteorological & Oceanographic Observations$1.9M
Sep 2025Federal contractHomeland Security · Call Order For Southeast District To Provide Maritime Domain Awareness.$2.7M

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Sep 2025Federal contractHomeland Security · Call Order For Southwest District Maritime Domain Awareness.$2.7M
Sep 2024Federal contractCommerce · Noaa/omao, Uxsoc,uncrewed Maritime Systems (ums) For Meteorological & Oceanographic Observations$991K
Aug 2024Federal contractInterior · Usv Collected Fish Survey Data$347K
Aug 2024Federal contractCommerce · Noaa/omao, Uncrewed Maritime Systems (ums) Support Services For Meteorological & Oceanographic Observations, Tpos$601K
Sep 2023Federal contractHomeland Security · Procurement Of Surface-based Maritime Domain Awareness For Safety Of Life At Sea In International And U.S. Coastal Waters.$2M
Aug 2023Federal contractCommerce · Noaa/omao/uxsoc - Gulf Of Maine Bathymetric Mapping$2.1M
Jul 2023Federal contractCommerce · Noaa/omao/ums - Buoy Observations$1.7M
May 2023Federal contractCommerce · Tropical Pacific Observation System$507K
May 2023Federal contractCommerce · Omao Uncrewed Marine Systems (ums) - Hurricane Observations Using Unmanned Surface Vehicles (usvs)$5.5M
Mar 2023Federal contractInterior · Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (usv) - Saildrone, Inc.$427K
Sep 2022Federal contractHomeland Security · Continuous Isr Support Data As A Service For Maritime Law Enforcement And Solas.$2.8M
Sep 2022Federal contractCommerce · Tropical Pacific Observation System - 2023$563K
Sep 2022Federal contractCommerce · Unmanned Surface Vehicle 23 Survey With Southwest Fisheries Science Center$492K
Jun 2022Federal contractCommerce · Gulf Coast Weather Data.$607K
Jun 2022Federal contractCommerce · Unmanned Surface Vehicle Annual Survey Southwest Fisheries Science Center$280K
Sep 2021Federal contractCommerce · Tropical Pacific Observation System - 2022$477K
Sep 2021Federal contractInterior · Usv Collected Fish Survey Data$172K
Aug 2021Federal contractCommerce · Ocean Weather Observations$686K
Jul 2021Federal contractCommerce · Unmanned Surface Vehicle Survey Support$186K
Apr 2021Federal contractCommerce · Unmanned Surface Vehicle Survey$387K
Mar 2021Federal contractCommerce · Uncrewed Surface Vehicle Services$2.3M
Sep 2020Federal contractCommerce · Ocean Observations For Data Sparse Areas$158K
Aug 2020Federal contractInterior · Usv Collected Fish Survey Data$149K
Aug 2020Federal contractCommerce · North Pacific Winter Storm Usv Mission Sailing Days$146K
Aug 2020Federal contractDefense · The Contractor Shall Perform Mission As A Service Using Five (5) Usvs To Collect Data.$488K
Aug 2020Federal contractCommerce · Tropical Pacific Observing System (TPOS)-2020 Unmanned Surface Vehicles (usv) Services Mission$423K
Aug 2020Federal contractCommerce · King Crab Tracking Surveys With Unmanned Surface Vehicles (usv)$159K
May 2020Federal contractCommerce · Unmanned Surface Vehicle Alaska Survey$509K
Mar 2020Federal contractCommerce · Unmanned Aquatic Research Vessel Data Collection$221K
Feb 2020Federal contractHomeland Security · Conduct A Low Cost Maritime Domain Awareness Pilot Study In Accordance With The Statement Of Work$1.2M
May 2019Federal contractCommerce · Unmanned Surface Vehicle Survey And Data Supporting Northwest And Southwest Science Center Hake And Coastal Pelagic Species Surveys.$950K
Feb 2019Federal contractCommerce · Saildrone Vessel Research$162K
Sep 2018Federal contractCommerce · Fisheries Professional, Scientific, And Technical Minimum Guarantee$250
Aug 2018Federal contractCommerce · Saildrone Services$196K
Aug 2018Federal contractCommerce · Task Order 7 On Idiq - Saildrone Tropical Pacific Observing System - Part 3$221K
Jun 2018Federal contractCommerce · Task Order 6 On Idiq - Saildrone Tropical Pacific Observing System (tpos) - Part 3$232K
Apr 2018Federal contractCommerce · Task Order 5 On Idiq - Northwest Fisheries Science Center And Southwest Fisheries Science Center Joint Pacific Hake And Coastal Pelagic Species Acoustic Surveys Off The West Coasts Of The United States And Canada With Unmanned Surface Vehicles$79K
Feb 2018Federal contractCommerce · Task Order 4 On Idiq - Innovative Technology For Arctic Exploration: Acoustic And PCO2 Surveys In The United States Arctic With Unmanned Surface Vehicles - Part II$10K
Jun 2017Federal contractCommerce · Igf::ot::igf Saildrone Vessel$168K
Mar 2017Federal contractCommerce · Igf::ot::igf Saildrone Services$225K
Sep 2016Federal contractCommerce · Igf::ot::igf Saildrone Services$563K
Jul 2015Federal contractCommerce · Lease Of Two Saildrone Unmanned Surface Vehicles. 3.IGF::OT::IGF$130K

Federal awards are summed by year (49 awards); hover a bar for the split. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Standing among 129 peers

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Defense · Device

Granted patents#11 · top 9%

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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

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What it has protected

USPTO · 9 granted of 13

Jun 18, 2026PendingDetecting Unauthorized Control of Unmanned Aquatic VehiclesUSPTOApplication 18981328
Oct 7, 2025GrantedSemi-flexible Instrumentation MountUSPTOUS 12,434,795
Dec 17, 2024GrantedUnmanned Sailing Vehicle Control SystemUSPTOUS 12,168,504

Show all 13 patent records

Detecting Unauthorized Control of Unmanned Aquatic VehiclesJun 18, 2026 · Application 18981328Pending
Semi-flexible Instrumentation MountOct 7, 2025 · US 12,434,795Granted
Unmanned Sailing Vehicle Control SystemDec 17, 2024 · US 12,168,504Granted
Autonomous Ocean Data CollectionAug 22, 2023 · US 11,731,748Granted
Square-rig Wing Sail For Unmanned Surface VehiclesNov 25, 2021 · Application 17397893Pending
Square-rig Wing Sail For Unmanned Surface VehiclesAug 10, 2021 · US 11,084,561Granted
Autonomous Ocean Data CollectionJul 13, 2021 · US 11,059,553Granted
Autonomous Ocean Data CollectionOct 15, 2019 · US 10,442,512Granted
Autonomous Unmanned Sailing VesselDec 5, 2017 · US 9,834,290Granted
Autonomous Unmanned Sailing VesselJul 5, 2016 · US 9,381,985Granted
Autonomous Sailing VesselApr 14, 2015 · US 9,003,986Granted
Semi-flexible Instrumentation MountApplication 63492214Pending
Autonomous Sailing VesselApplication PCTUS2014026911Pending

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Regulatory activity · Defense

Sector-level, not company-level

11 Jun 2026Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.