VIDEO: Saildrone’s ‘Surveyor’ USV wins classification

Saildrone Surveyor

Saildrone’s Surveyor class of Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) has been given full classification by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), the first for a deep-sea unmanned platform, it says.

Surveyor is the second USV to be classified by the ABS, with the first, Voyager, a coastal and near-shore USV, reciving ABS class in 2023.

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