The Saildrone Operations Hub in the St Petersburg Innovation District is a strategic support center for uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) missions. The local team support critical missions using Saildrone USV’s that deliver high-quality, real time ocean data for climate change, ocean mapping, national security, and renewable energy, while creating a low to zero operational carbon footprint. Saildrones operate autonomously 24/7/365-days a year in the world’s harshest oceans, have sailed 500,000+ nautical miles, spending 15,000+ days at sea, supporting science, government and commercial customers.