A Voyager USV is pictured in waters off the coast of Saint Thomas island, US Virgin Islands, in January 2025. Saildrone and the Danish Armed Forces are gearing up to start operational testing of four Voyager USVs in Danish waters in June. (Saildrone)
US-based maritime defence and oceanographic survey company Saildrone is partnering with the Danish Armed Forces to conduct operational testing of the company's Voyager unmanned surface vehicle (USV) in Danish waters in the next month.
In a statement issued on 8 May, Saildrone said that four Voyager USVs were planned to be deployed in June to conduct maritime surveillance and intelligence-gathering missions around Northern Europe to help protect critical undersea infrastructure and increase national security.
The operational testing will be conducted in close co-ordination with Denmark Defence Command, the Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO), Royal Danish Navy Command, and the Danish Defence Innovation Unit, and it is part of a broader effort to integrate unmanned systems into Denmark's defence architecture.
Saildrone is a family of wind- and solar-powered autonomous USVs designed to perform long-range, persistent environmental monitoring and maritime domain awareness operations.
Equipped with a suite of advanced intelligence-gathering sensors and artificial intelligence (AI) data fusion, the Voyager variant is specifically designed for near-shore ocean floor mapping; law enforcement; border and harbour security; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions; drug interdiction; and illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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