15 results for "rpas"
2012-03-02
Surveillance of maritime and land frontiers has to ensure effective detection of irregular immigration activities and provide the capabilities to react to such events. The technical response involves a wide spectrum of facilities: e. g. fixed surveillance stations, surface ships, manned and unmanned aircraft and satellites. Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) and Optionally Piloted Aircraft (OPA) could play an important role in further enhancing European border surveillance. Our main ...
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2016-04-15
This week, Frontex launched discussions with industry representatives about a possible use of remote piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) for maritime border surveillance and the potential for industry to provide these kinds of services to Frontex.While at the moment there is no European legislation that allows the use of remotely piloted aircraft in shared airspace, the preliminary discussions were meant to explore the feasibility of extending the pool of assets providing aerial surveillance ...
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2016-03-25
Frontex open invitation to attend an industry day workshop addressing the advantages and challenges of using Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) deployed in maritime surveillance tasks, and the potential for industry to provide these services today (Frontex is looking to RPAS capable to deliver high endurance flights with a payload above 100 Kg.) Frontex would therefore like to invite to this one-day workshop representatives of leading Vendors / Operators of ...
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2018-09-27
This week, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, has begun testing the use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) in Greece, Italy and Portugal to monitor the European Union’s external borders. Frontex is exploring the surveillance capability of the medium altitude long endurance RPAS and evaluating the related cost efficiency and endurance. The agency will test the unmanned aircraft in several operational situations. These include surveillance of the sea, support of Search ...
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2016-10-11
In view of the new Regulation establishing the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, a first meeting of the European Coast Guard Cooperation Network will be organised in Warsaw, on 8 – 10 November 2016. The Coast Guard covers a wide range of maritime functions and it is expected that relevant experts of EU Member States and Schengen Associated Countries, the European Commission and other European Agencies will attend the meeting. One of the objectives of the European Border and Coast Guard ...
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2023-09-22
September 2023 Industry Days ReportWe are happy to share the downloadable files and presentations from our Frontex Industry Day on remotely piloted aircraft and autonomous systems technology that took place on 6 and 7 September. The announcement can be consulted below, under the presentations. Files available for download Agenda - Frontex Industry Days, 6-7 September 2023 (118.7 KB) Report - Frontex Industry Days, 6-7 September 2023 (107.3 KB) What did we seek? The objective of the call was to ...
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2024-11-19
The 2024 Multipurpose Maritime Operation (MMO) Baltic Sea, led by Frontex in cooperation with EFCA and EMSA, was concluded successfully on 30 October. Over the course of nearly three months, the MMO provided operational and technical assistance to national authorities in Estonia, Finland, Latvia, and Lithuania, with Poland as a participating Member State. The operation aimed to bolster maritime security and support Coast Guard functions in areas such as border control, maritime safety, ...
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2024-05-20
The first ever Greening Award Initiative was launched by European Fisheries Control Agency, European Maritime Safety Agency, and Frontex to celebrate the sustainability actions carried out across the more than 300 authorities that make up the European coast guard community. By the deadline on 31 March, 18 greening projects and campaigns were entered into the competition from several EU coast guard authorities. They are now being evaluated in the three categories of the Award. The candidates are ...
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2023-10-05
On 9 and 10 November, Frontex is organising Industry Days focused on light technical equipment for tackling cross-border crime at the external borders of the European Union.This equipment has the potential to significantly improve border control activities as it can be used to enhance the detection of cross-border crime, such as the smuggling of drugs, firearms, ammunitions, explosives, stolen cars, and counterfeit goods.The complex character of cross-border crime threats requires Frontex to be ...
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2020-12-18
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, and national authorities are increasingly relying on airborne surveillance to better monitor what is happening at Europe’s maritime borders. To ensure that experts from Frontex and Member States are aware of the latest developments in airborne maritime surveillance, we will hold virtual Thematic Industry Days on 26-27 January 2021 to explore and assess innovative solutions in this field. We are looking for state of the art products and ...
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