
Saildrone on Tuesday said it closed a $60 million funding round led by a Danish fund that will lead to the deployment in June of four unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in the Baltic Sea under contract to the Danish Armed Forces. The initial deployment will consist of four Voyager USVs, 33-foot long wind-powered craft that fuse radar, camera, and acoustic sensors to provide autonomous maritime intelligence in an area. The Voyagers will also be used for ocean floor mapping. Saildrone…