The Teledyne Marine Channel

Slocum Glider Deploys from Zero USV

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:03:47 GMT

This video captures the deployment of a Teledyne Marine Slocum Glider from a Zero USV uncrewed surface vessel, demonstrating a modern, fully uncrewed approach to ocean data collection.

Launching a long‑endurance underwater glider from an autonomous surface platform highlights how integrated uncrewed systems can support persistent maritime operations while reducing reliance on crewed vessels. Once deployed, the Slocum Glider begins its mission to autonomously collect high‑quality oceanographic and environmental data beneath the surface.

This system‑of‑systems capability opens new possibilities for distributed sensing, long‑duration monitoring, and remote operations across defense, ocean science, and commercial applications.

Platforms featured:

Teledyne Marine Slocum Glider
Zero USV uncrewed surface vessel

The launch of the University of Western Australia (UWA)’s 400th glider mission.

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:24:01 GMT

A 16-Year Legacy of Sustained Ocean Observation

Since January 2009, the University of Western Australia’s (UWA) IMOS Ocean Glider team has been at the forefront of autonomous ocean observation. With unwavering commitment, the team has launched or recovered ocean gliders every week for 16 years, culminating in the 400th mission in May 2025. This milestone marks a significant achievement in marine science, innovation, and collaboration, supported by the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) and National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).

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Redwing Glider Launches Historic Global Ocean Expedition

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:52:12 GMT

On October 11, 2025, Redwing—a next-generation Slocum Sentinel Glider—was launched into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts. Guided by the rhythms of the sea and the promise of discovery, Redwing will collect ocean data, dodge fishing nets, and surf powerful currents, all without a human onboard. Its journey will span the Gulf Stream to Europe, south to Gran Canaria, onward to Cape Town, across the Indian Ocean to Australia and New Zealand, through the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, and eventually back to the Atlantic via the Falkland Islands, Brazil, and the Caribbean.

The mission aims to revolutionize ocean data collection, improve weather forecasting and our understanding of the causes of extreme weather events, and inspire the next generation of ocean scientists and engineers.

Learn more about the Sentinel Mission

Advancing Fisheries Management with Teledyne Gliders

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:51:36 GMT

In this episode, we catch up with Hank Statscewich at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, to hear how they use Teledyne gliders to collect data for fisheries management.

Listen to more Teledyne Marine Tech Talk Podcasts: https://www.teledynemarine.com/en-us/podcasts

JASCO Acoustic Monitoring for Slocum Gliders

Wed, 05 May 2021 18:40:56 GMT

Teledyne Webb Research (TWR) and JASCO Applied Sciences have collaborated in the development of a near real-time Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) capability utilizing TWR's slocum glider fitted with JASCO's OceanObserver payload.

This capability was demonstrated in Q3 2018 in the Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada searching for North Atlantic Right Whales. The unique capabilities of this payload when integrated with the Slocum platform will be described.

The Observer payload is applicable to other Teledyne platforms and can be integrated with many Teledyne sensors. JASCO’s ongoing development work with TWR, Reson and ODI will be mentioned.

This talk should be of interest to anyone involved in mitigating the effects of underwater noise on marine environments, underwater acoustics, anti-submarine warfare or the use of Slocum gliders.

Speaker bio:
John Moloney is the Engineering and Business Development Manager for JASCO Applied Sciences in Dartmouth, NS. John is responsible for product related IR&D, production and the maintenance of JASCO’s equipment inventory. John is also responsible for business development and marketing at JASCO.

John uses his underwater acoustics engineering expertise to enable JASCO to better serve its customers. John is a passionate advocate for providing marine businesses with the required information to enable them to conduct their marine industrial activities with minimal environmental impact.

Teledyne Marine Tech Talk Episode 34 - Slocum Glider “Silbo" Circumnavigates...

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 19:30:35 GMT

Guest: Clayton Jones, Senior Director of Technology, Teledyne Webb Research

This episode is the fourth and final episode of our special four-part series on “Silbo", Teledyne Webb Research's autonomous underwater glider that recently made the first-ever circumnavigation of the Atlantic Ocean by an unmanned underwater vehicle. In this episode of Marine Tech Talk, we speak with Clayton Jones, Senior Director of Technology for Webb Research. Clayton discusses the Silbo mission, some of the significant achievements of the mission, and what those achievements mean to the community using unmanned vehicles for remote monitoring.

For more information on Slocum Gliders, visit our website at www.teledynemarine.com/slocum-glider. There is a press release on the website that also details the journey as well as a recorded webinar on the journey that can be found on our LINK Webinar channel. For more information on how Slocum gliders are helping researchers and commercial customers explore and understand the ocean, you can google Slocum Gliders or search Twitter for posts from our many customers.

Teledyne Marine Tech Talk Episode 33 - Slocum Glider “Silbo" Circumnavigates...

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 22:40:03 GMT

Guest: Joe Gradone, Former Customer Support Applications Engineer – Slocum Glider, Teledyne Webb Research

This episode is the third in a special four-part series on “Silbo", Teledyne Webb Research's autonomous underwater glider that recently made the first ever circumnavigation of the Atlantic Ocean by an unmanned underwater vehicle. In this episode of Marine Tech Talk, we are joined by Joe Gradone, Former Customer Support Applications Engineer – Slocum Glider, Teledyne Webb Research. Joe discusses Silbo's journey from St. Thomas back to Cape Cod. This was the final leg of the journey and covered just under a year (348 days) and 6236 km.

Teledyne Marine Tech Talk Episode 32 - Slocum Glider "Silbo" Circumnavigates...

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 00:37:33 GMT

Guest: Justin Shapiro, Former Applications Engineer – Slocum Glider, Teledyne Webb Researchh

This episode is the second in a special four-part series on “Silbo", Teledyne Webb Research's autonomous underwater glider that recently made the first ever circumnavigation of the Atlantic Ocean by an unmanned underwater vehicle. In this episode of Marine Tech Talk, we are joined by Justin Shapiro, Former Applications Engineer – Slocum Glider, Teledyne Webb Research. Justin discusses the recovery of Silbo in Ireland, the training course that the glider team was able to arrange there while Silbo was being cleaned up and refit, and then the planning and work that was done during leg three of the journey in the Canary Islands.

Teledyne Marine Tech Talk Episode 31: Slocum Glider “Silbo" Circumnavigates...

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 21:26:39 GMT

Guest: Ben Allsup, Technical Support and Operations Manager – Slocum Glider, Teledyne Webb Research

This episode begins a special four-part series on “Silbo", Teledyne Webb Research's autonomous underwater glider that recently made the first-ever circumnavigation of the Atlantic Ocean by an unmanned underwater vehicle. In this episode of Marine Tech Talk, we are joined by Ben Allsup, The Technical Support and Operations Manager for Teledyne Webb Research Slocum Glider. Ben discusses how Silbo got its name, the overall plan for the voyage, how the various ports were determined, and some of the very interesting challenges that the glider faced on its way from Cape Cod to Ireland!

Marine Tech Talk Podcast: Episode 28 - Glider Observations in New Zealand’s...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 19:45:08 GMT

Guests: Dr. Joanne O’Callahan, Coastal Oceanographer from NIWA and Khushboo Jhugroo, PhD candidate, Physical Oceanography, University of Auckland, New Zealand and NIWA

For this episode of Marine Tech Talk Dr. Joe O'Callahan, a coastal oceanographer from NIWA and Khush Jhugroo, a PhD candidate in Physical Oceanography at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and NIWA talk about the work they are doing in the shelf seas around New Zealand. The team have been looking at river washes out to the bays and understanding the deep eddie processes into greater Cook Strait with their two Slocum autonomous gliders, Betty and Manaia.

Marine Tech Talk Episode 27 - Investigating Algal Blooms and Hypoxia in the...

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 19:17:55 GMT

Guests: Aaron Fisk, Professor, University of Windsor and Science Director of RAEON, Katelynn Jonson, Research and Operations Director at RAEON, and Catlin Burmaster, Marine Technician for RAEON

Welcome to Season 2 of Marine Tech Talk. In our first episode of the New Year, we are joined by Dr. Aaron Fisk, a professor at the University of Windsor and Science Director for the Real-time Aquatic Ecosystem Observation Network (RAEON), Katelynn Johnson, Research and Operations Director at RAEON, and Cailin Burmaster, a Marine Technician for RAEON. The team is using a Slocum Glider from Teledyne Webb Research to investigate the health of the Great Lakes.

For more information on the work being done in the Great Lakes by RAEON you can follow them on Twitter using the handles @RAEON_ and @fisk_lab

Studying Coastal Upwellings in Chile with Unmanned Gliders

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:02:54 GMT

Guest: Maria Valladares Antón, AquaPacífico Aquaculture Innovation Center at the Universidad Catholica de Norte

In this fall series of podcasts, we introduce some of the winners and general entrants from the 2020 Teledyne Marine Photo Contest. Teledyne's annual Photo/ Data Contest concluded with over 80 qualified submissions that helped the company donate over $1200 to Save the Children as part of a charitable giving campaign.

In this episode we talk to Maria Valladares Antón, an oceanography technician and glider pilot at AquaPacífico Aquaculture Innovation Center at the Universidad Catholica de Norte. Maria submitted photos taken while deploying a Slocum glider in La Herradura Bay in Coquimbo, just north of Chile. Maria and an integrated team of scientists from other universities have been using the Slocum glider to study coastal upwellings and other oceanographic processes in the waters around Chile.

To learn more about the work that Maria and her colleagues are doing you can visit the AquaPacifico website at www.aquapacifico.cl. You can also find them on twitter at @AquaPacificoCL and on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/centroaquapacifico/

If you have any questions or comments about this show you can email host Melissa Rossi at MarineTechTalk@teledyne.com.

Circumnavigation of the Atlantic with an AUV

Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:30:00 GMT

Join our host, Ben Allsup, for a closer look at the recent completion of a 4-year journey that circumnavigated the Atlantic Ocean in four legs, a first for an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The Slocum Glider “Silbo” was deployed in 2016 from Cape Cod and returned from its epic adventure in late June of 2020. Learn about each leg of the journey, the glider’s purpose, maintenance of this long duration glider, and the many programs and lives it touched along the way. From testing new equipment and software, challenging the models for long duration piloting, collecting hurricane data, and participating in the Challenger Glider mission, Silbo’s journey was action packed!

Learn about more upcoming webinars at www.teledynemarine.com/link