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Published offerings and questions
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Saildrone
Alameda, CA, United States
Saildrone operates wind- and solar-powered uncrewed surface vehicles for ocean mapping, surveillance, and maritime data collection.
Saildrone describes unmanned surface vehicles for maritime intelligence, ocean mapping and environmental sensing. Its published platforms include Explorer, Voyager, Surveyor and Spectre, with different mission and payload roles. The company's current portfolio distinguishes persistent sensing and mapping from other mission effects. Compare the mission data and service scope alongside the vessel rather than assuming a single standard maritime product. Offering context reviewed October 1, 2026.
Clarify whether the proposal supplies a platform, an operated mission, data access or a combination. Ask which sensors and payloads are included, how collection is tasked, how data is delivered and what support is covered. Establish the operating area, collection schedule, communications assumptions and data-use terms before comparing a persistent survey mission with a vessel acquisition.
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Saronic
Austin, TX, United States
Saronic designs and builds autonomous surface vessels and supporting systems for distributed maritime operations and defense users.
Saronic presents Corsair, Mirage and Marauder as members of its autonomous surface-vessel family. It also describes Echelon as a command-and-control layer for planning, simulation and execution across one vessel or a fleet. The relevant comparison includes the vessel, its payload and operating support, together with the software and communications needed to run the mission. Offering context reviewed October 1, 2026.
Specify the vessel configuration, mission payload, launch and recovery arrangements, and intended operating conditions. Ask who provides communications, fleet-control software, maintenance and operator training. For a payload or software partnership, establish the integration interface and who is responsible for testing the combined system rather than treating every Saronic platform as interchangeable.
Matched company-level award evidence
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70Z02326F75100003 contract award
Saildrone · Department of Homeland Security · 2026-08-21 · Reported $8.5M
CALL ORDER FOR NORTHEAST AND GREAT LAKES DISTRICTS MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS.
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1305M326F0042 contract award
Saildrone · Department of Commerce · 2026-04-08 · Reported $1.6M
PROTECH FISHERIES TASK ORDER FOR UNCREWED SURFACE VEHICLE SOUTHERN OCEAN DATA COLLECTION
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70Z02326F75100002 contract award
Saildrone · Department of Homeland Security · 2026-03-24 · Reported $15.6M
CONTINUOUS MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS (MDA) CALL ORDER FOR NORTHEAST AND GREAT LAKES DISTRICTS
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70Z02326F75100001 contract award
Saildrone · Department of Homeland Security · 2026-02-18 · Reported $2.5M
CALL ORDER FOR SOUTHWEST DISTRICT MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS.
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HQ085926FE712 contract award
Saronic · Department of Defense · 2025-12-05 · Reported $500
SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER.
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1305M225F0437 contract award
Saildrone · Department of Commerce · 2025-09-23 · Reported $5.2M
NOAA/OMAO, UXSOC, UNCREWED MARITIME SYSTEMS (UMS) FOR HURRICANE OBSERVATIONS
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1305M225F0423 contract award
Saildrone · Department of Commerce · 2025-09-23 · Reported $3.8M
NOAA/OMAO, UXSOC,UNCREWED MARITIME SYSTEMS (UMS) FOR METEOROLOGICAL & OCEANOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS
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70Z02325F75100001 contract award
Saildrone · Department of Homeland Security · 2025-09-10 · Reported $2.7M
CALL ORDER FOR SOUTHEAST DISTRICT TO PROVIDE MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS.
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70Z02325F75100002 contract award
Saildrone · Department of Homeland Security · 2025-09-10 · Reported $2.7M
CALL ORDER FOR SOUTHWEST DISTRICT MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS.
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1305M224F0441 contract award
Saildrone · Department of Commerce · 2024-09-10 · Reported $991K
NOAA/OMAO, UXSOC,UNCREWED MARITIME SYSTEMS (UMS) FOR METEOROLOGICAL & OCEANOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS
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1305M224F0334 contract award
Saildrone · Department of Commerce · 2024-08-28 · Reported $601K
NOAA/OMAO, UNCREWED MARITIME SYSTEMS (UMS) SUPPORT SERVICES FOR METEOROLOGICAL & OCEANOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS, TPOS
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140G0224P0182 contract award
Saildrone · Department of the Interior · 2024-08-02 · Reported $347K
USV COLLECTED FISH SURVEY DATA
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Questions to resolve
- A vessel purchase, operated sensing mission and mission-data service can solve different requirements.
- Name the exact model, workflow and delivering entity before comparing scope, integration and support.