
Saildrone Beats the Navy in Court Over a $2.1 Billion Drone Boat Snub
A federal judge found the US Navy treated Saildrone unfairly in its $2.1 billion drone boat competition and froze $600 million until a new review.
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A federal judge found the US Navy treated Saildrone unfairly in its $2.1 billion drone boat competition and froze $600 million until a new review.
Four Saildrone Voyager sea drones began a year-long Baltic patrol for the Swedish Navy. Sweden buys their data and leaves the boats to Saildrone.
Anduril's $3.7B Maryland shipyard will build Virginia-class sub parts. Trump promised drone subs and a 40% taxpayer stake neither release mentions.

Saildrone and Lockheed Martin fired two JAGM missiles from a Surveyor USV at RIMPAC 2026, the first missile launch from the company's uncrewed ships.

Saronic says it will spend $3 billion to build Port Alpha in Brownsville, a Texas shipyard for autonomous and crewed vessels that could reshape the industrial scale of maritime drone production.
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