United States, Aug. 27 -- ABS has awarded classification to the Saildrone Surveyor, a fully autonomous deepwater unmanned surface vehicle (USV). At 20 meters long and designed for operations across global oceans, the Surveyor is the largest class of USVs built by Saildrone.The company develops maritime security, ocean mapping, and meteorological and oceanographic data solutions using autonomous assets. The 20-meter Surveyor is capable of long-endurance missions in the open ocean, including deep-ocean bathymetry and maritime domain awareness tasks.The announcement follows the smaller 10-meter Voyager, which obtained ABS Class in 2023 and is designed for coastal and near-shore surveillance.Saildrone USVs operate without crew onboard and are m...