The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has developed a remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) used in maritime surveillance operations. The system has been readily taken up by the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA)

Main ServiceN systems OP. Flight TimeMTOM Take-off Particularities Multipurpose maritime surveillance 1 > 12 h 1150 kg Runaway EO/IR, AIS, EPIRB Satcom, Maritime (SAR) Radar, Anti-icing Multipurpose maritime surveillance 2 > 8 h 150 kg Runaway EO/IR, AIS, EPIRB Satcom, Radar Multipurpose maritime surveillance 2 4 h >150 kg Landing area 150 kg Landing area 35 min

EMSA’s service of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) is now being used by the Croatian authorities to assist them in a range of coast guard related functions including vessel traffic monitoring, search and rescue, and detection and monitoring of marine pollution. The request made in February 2019 by Croatia’s Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure sees a vertical take-off and lan ...

EMSA’s service of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) was used by the Danish authorities to monitor ship emissions around the area of the Great Belt where many large tankers transit on their way to and from the Baltic Sea. The RPAS will specifically measure the ships’ sulphur emissions to check compliance with EU rules governing the sulphur content of marine fuel. The RPAS is fitted with a g ...

EMSA has recently secured four contracts for maritime surveillance services based on remotely piloted aircraft systems. These contracts will provide increased maritime surveillance capabilities to European agencies and member states within the context of their coast guard functions. While EMSA has already been providing RPAS services since 2017, these new contracts come in direct response to incr ...