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European Maritime Agency Demo for Portuguese UAV

Tekever’s AR5 Evolution will aid SAR and pollution monitoring during the two-year Project Rapsody.

The Tekever AR5 was displayed at a recent workshop on UAS in Lisbon, organized by the European Maritime Safety Agency. (Photo: EMSA)

By Chris Pocock • Defense Correspondent

November 5, 2015

Tekever is proceeding with a demonstration of a maritime surveillance system using UAVs for the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and the European Space Agency (ESA). The Portuguese technology company was selected for the two-year Rapsody project by the two agencies last December. In what it claims to be a first, Tekever will demonstrate the value of using UAVs in search-and-rescue missions, and in monitoring pollution and oil spills from ships.

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