What does saildrone do? Saildrone designs and manufactures wind and solar-powered autonomous surface vehicles called saildrones, which make cost-effective ocean data collection possible at scale. We are building the world's largest high-resolution ocean data sets, working with governments and private ...Where are saildrone drones supervised? All vehicles are supervised 24/7 by trained operators at the Saildrone Mission Control in Alameda, CA. Saildrone founder and CEO Richard Jenkins evolved the design for his land-sailing vehicle, Greenbird, in which he set the wind-powered land speed record at 126 mph, to build the first ocean drone.What is the range of a saildrone? With a speed through the water of 2-8kts, they have a range of more than 16,000 nautical miles, and endurance of up to 12 months. Saildrones can do adaptive sampling like research ships, but at a fraction of the price. For additional photos, please check our Saildrone Gallery. Various data delivery options exist on our Data Access webpage.Who is brian saildrone? Prior to Saildrone, he was director of the Hydrographic Science Research Center at the University of Southern Mississippi. A certified hydrographer, Brian has a MS in Meteorology and Oceanography from the Naval Postgraduate School and an MS in Hydrography from the University of Southern Mississippi.
202-379-6693 Video footage from on board Saildrone 1045 and animation showing location in Hurricane Sam on Sept. 30, 2021. Note: Video is silent. Saildrone unable to record sound. Media contacts Monica Allen, NOAA Communications, [email protected] , 202-379-6693 Susan Ryan, Saildrone Inc., [email protected] , 314-914-5008