Long-running partnership with Saildrone aims to improve hurricane forecasting and rapid intensification models. The company announced plans to deploy 10 Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) during the 2026 hurricane season in partnership with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The mission will support hurricane forecasting and storm research across the Atlantic basin.
The deployment continues a collaboration between NOAA and Saildrone that began in 2021. NOAA scientists will define mission objectives as storms develop, while Saildrone operators will position the USVs to collect real-time ocean and weather data inside and around tropical systems.
The Saildrone Explorer vehicles will operate from July through November in the western tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of America. As storms form, the USVs will move into position to gather data in areas where traditional observations can be difficult or dangerous.
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