Tag: RPAS
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EMSA sniffer drone monitoring sulphur and nitrogen emissions from ships operating in the Channel
Published25.05.2022
From Cap Gris-Nez on the Pas-de-Calais coast in the north of France, EMSA remotely piloted aircraft are being used by the French Directorate General of Maritime Affairs, Fisheries and Aquaculture to measure sulphur and nitrogen emissions from ships operating in the Emission Control Area (ECA) of the North Sea and English Channel. The payload on board the sniffer drone makes it possible to check t ...
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EMSA RPAS service: Where are we flying in 2022
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Preliminary Market Consultation - Questionnaire on RPAS surveillance services from vessels
Published18.05.2022
General objective The objective of this market consultation is to enable EMSA to gather more in-depth knowledge of the market structure, proven technical solutions and players related to the provisio ...
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RPAS operation begins offering enhanced maritime surveillance to Danish national authorities
Published17.05.2022
From mid-May EMSA RPAS are flying from Denmark’s northernmost town Skagen, offering enhanced maritime surveillance. The service is being provided by EMSA following a request from the Royal Danish Nav ...
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Emissions monitoring campaign kicks off over the Baltic Sea using specially equipped drones
Published13.04.2022
Together with the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) is conducting a large-scale emissions monitoring campaign using remotely piloted aircraft, sched ...
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EMSA contracts satellite communication services to support maritime surveillance operations conducted by remotely piloted aircraft systems
Published25.03.2022
EMSA has recently awarded six contracts for satellite communication (satcom) services to support the maritime surveillance operations of the Agency’s remotely piloted aircraft systems. The contracts ...
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EMSA RPAS service: Where are we flying? 2021
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RPAS Operations
Published30.09.2021Read more...
The main barrier identified for the deployment of RPAS in the maritime domain is the current lack of a mature pan-European legal framework with respect to the regulatory aspects to achieve flight app ...
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EMSA’s remotely piloted aircraft are assisting Spanish authorities in actively monitoring sulphur emissions from ships transiting the busy Strait of Gibraltar
Published20.09.2021
Over the summer EMSA’s remotely piloted aircraft have been monitoring the level of sulphur oxides released by ships transiting the Strait of Gibraltar, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. The ...
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Spanish authorities deploy EMSA’s remotely piloted aircraft to enhance general maritime surveillance off the coast of Galicia
Published07.07.2021
Over the coming months, the Spanish ministry of transport’s maritime safety and rescue body SASEMAR will be using EMSA’s remotely piloted aircraft services from its MRCC base at Finisterre in the nor ...
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