Tag: RPAS
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RPAS drone flights get underway in Spain to assist SASEMAR in its search and rescue and pollution monitoring operations
Published06.02.2019
EMSA’s service of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems is being used by the Spanish maritime safety agency SASEMAR in the southern province of Huelva for the purpose of identifying and monitoring oil ...
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EMSA contracts additional RPAS for maritime surveillance, emissions monitoring and pollution response
Published28.11.2018
EMSA has recently secured four contracts for maritime surveillance services based on remotely piloted aircraft systems. These contracts will provide increased maritime surveillance capabilities ...
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RPAS enter into operation in Portugal for border surveillance
Published26.09.2018The first flight of the operation took place on 25 September and marks the beginning of a two-month cycle targeting real-time pre-border monitoring and law enforcement. EMSA contracted Remotely ...
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RPAS User Group
Published20.08.2017Read more...
The RPAS User Group is an annual meeting that brings together Member States and Agency representatives from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (also known as FRONTEX), the European Fisheries ...
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Operational scenarios for RPAS use
Published20.08.2017Read more...Maritime patrol and general surveillance Monitoring mission with day- and night-time operations for detection and tracking of vessels and or detection of oil spills. This type of mission requires a ...
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Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)
Published20.08.2017Read more...
The aircrafts currently available have an endurance ranging from 6 to 8 hours, and weight from 25kg to more than 150kg. Another particularity that makes the RPAS more suitable for one operation is ...
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User-Benefit Analysis of RPAS operations in The maritime domain
Published04.08.2017This study was conducted to better understand user requirements for the use of RPAS in the maritime domain across a range of maritime tasks and activities –marine environment protection, maritime ...
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Potential of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) for multipurpose maritime surveillance
Published06.06.2017Read more...
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Closing workshop of the pilot project "Creation of a European coastguard function"
Published02.06.2017The aim of the closing workshop was to present to EU Member States representatives and stakeholders the activities developed by the three EU Agencies EFCA, FRONTEX and EMSA, under the pilot project ...
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Open Day during the RPAS Demostration
Published11.05.2017Read more...The objective of the RPAS Demonstration was to show that Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) can support operational maritime surveillance. To do so, different concept of operations for ...