Saildrone (company)
| Company type | Private |
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| Founded | 2012 |
| Founder | Richard Jenkins |
| Headquarters | Alameda, California, U.S. |
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| Website | saildrone |
Saildrone, Inc. is a United States company based in Alameda, California, that designs, manufactures, and operates a fleet of unmanned/uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs), or ocean drones, known as "saildrones". The company was founded by engineer Richard Jenkins in 2012.
Saildrone customers and research partners include the various departments of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration NASA, the US Navy, US Coast Guard, the University of New Hampshire, the University of Rhode Island, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia), the European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasts, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Germany), the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, and others.