Saildrone to expand its seabed mapping missions in Atlantic, Pacific

Published on November 10, 2022

Saildrone, a U.S. manufacturer of small and medium unmanned surface vessels (USVs), expects an increase in the number of seabed reconnaissance missions its platforms will carry out in 2023 across the Atlantic, Pacific and the Middle East, said CEO Richard Jenkins.

The push follows an increasing appetite by governments worldwide to better understand goings-on below the water surface, where crucial energy and communication lines lie that connect countries and continents. Knowledge about the the ocean floors is equally important for military activities related to submarines as well as a relatively new discipline dubbed seabed warfare.

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2022/11/09/saildrone-to-expand-its-seabed-mapping-missions-in-atlantic-pacific/

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