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Saildrone Deploys 20 USVs In SOUTHCOM Anti-Trafficking Op

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Saildrone Deploys 20 USVs In SOUTHCOM Anti-Trafficking Op
Commercial operators deploy Saildrone Voyager Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) out to sea in the initial steps of U.S. 4th Fleet’s Operation Windward Stack during a launch from Naval Air Station Key West’s Mole Pier and Truman Harbor on Sept. 13, 2023. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Danette Baso Silvers/Released)

Saildrone confirmed it has contributed 20 Saildrone Voyage Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) to support a recently announced U.S. 4th Fleet anti-drug trafficking mission in the Caribbean Sea. The company said this is a doubling of its previous contribution of Voyager USVs deployed in the region, now with a “newly upgraded sensor suite” to help monitor illegal activity in southern maritime approaches of the U.S. On Jan. 27, 4th Fleet’s Hybrid Fleet Director Cmdr. Foster Edwards announced  Operation Southern Spear would…

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