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RPAS services for maritime surveillance HELCOM Response 23 Helsinki, Finland/ 14 – 16 June 2017 Department C – Operations Unit C.3 Maritime Surveillance Section C.3.3 RPAS services
RPAS services for maritime surveillance
HELCOM Response 23
Helsinki, Finland/ 14 – 16 June 2017
Department C – OperationsUnit C.3 Maritime SurveillanceSection C.3.3 RPAS services
Limited availability
Limitedrange
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Bridging the gap …
How can RPAS complement
maritime surveillance?
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems
• Pollution Detection and Monitoring: complementing CleanSeaNet• Emission monitoring: support to enforce the Sulphur directive• Maritime surveillance: Vessel detection and identification• Potential additional applications: Search and Rescue, border control, fishery
control, anti piracy, safety of navigation, customs, anti drug trafficking, …
RPAS applications in the maritime domain
Detecting of oil spills
Support to response operations
Measurement of ship
emission
Appropriate RPAS configurations
RPAS type Short range Medium range, Long endurance
Emission monitoring
Sniffer for SOx and CO2 concentrationsAIS receiver
MaritimePollutionMonitoring
Radar, optical and thermal infrared camera, AIS
Search and Rescue
Optical and thermal infrared camera, AIS, EPIRB
Maritime security and safety
Radar, optical and thermal infrared camera, AIS, mobile interceptionBorder control
In-situ verification Has to carry the in-situ sensors and beacons
Has to carry the in-situ sensors and beacons
4For the future
RPAS Activities in 2017
OP/06/2016: Marine Environment• Anti-Pollution Measures:
EUR 10 million over 4 years• Marine Pollution Detection
and Monitoring • Ship Emission Monitoring• 4 Contractors, operational: Q2/17
OP/12/2016: Supporting Coast Guard Functions • EU Border Package:
EUR 67 million over 4 years• Multi-purpose operations• Supporting Member States in
coop. with FRONTEX & EFCA• 4 Contractors, operational: Q3/17
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Overview RPAS portfolio
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Services Endurance Size Lift-off Particularities
Maritime surveillance 10 h 150 kg Runway
EO/IR, AISRadarSatcom
Maritime surveillance 10 h 120 kg Runway
EO/IR, AISRadarSatcom
Emission 12 h 22 kg RunwayCatapult
SOx sensorEO/IR, AIS
Emission 6 h 30 kg RunwayCatapult
SOx sensorEO/IR, AIS
Maritime surveillance 6 h 180 kg VTOL Radar
EO/IR, AIS
Mar. surveillanceEmission 6 h 25 kg VTOL SOx sensor
EO/IR, AIS
Heavy lifters with radar for maritime pollution detection
Emission monitoring
Maritime surveillance
Vertical-take-off-and-landing (VTOL)
8 RPAS contracts provide …
Goal: Integrated multi purposes services
Common integrated services:• in real time • mapping of data • alerting
Oil spill response
Anti Piracy
Search and rescue
Fishery control
Border control
Trafficking
User communities
Additional EO data;allows directing RPAS
EMSA maritime application
RPAS operators
RegistriesMaps
In-situ data:(Sat) AIS, LRIT
Emission monitoring
RPAS
Communication satellite
• RPAS operations shall serve Member States, EU Agencies, and Commission
• Services will be free of charge for MSs• RPAS services will only be provided based on a Member
State request• Member State authorities shall be the owner of the operations• Operations will be adapted to user needs• Member State authorities to decide “what to do” (operational &
ATM point of view)
• User obligations• To provide the permit to fly• To provide the airstrip and logistics
Key principles of operations
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User Requests as of 15/02/2017
Requestor Operation Phase
Croatia Coastguard Set-up
Denmark Emissions Set-up
France Emissions Set-up
Italy Coastguard Set-up
Portugal Coastguard Set-up
Bulgaria Coastguard 2nd Wave
Romania Coastguard 2nd Wave
UK Emissions 2nd Wave
UK Coastguard 2nd Wave
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1. Initial discussions with Users: Estonia, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Ireland
2. Joint Operations with Frontex & EFCA: Waiting for feedback
RPAS Activities in 2017
Next Steps:
1) RPAS Operational ServicesA. Set-up Phase:
• Marine Environment• Maritime Surveillance
B. Acceptance Tests per RPAS / ContractorC. Define missions with interested Member States: Issuing “Permit to Fly” D. Operations
2) RPAS Demonstration (CG Pilot Project):• Mid-May • Spain • Observers
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RPAs Sensors and capabilities for emissions monitoring
Optical Camera
Thermal Infrared Camera
AIS Transponder
Sniffers for SOx, CO2, NOx
Algorithm to derive Sulphur content in fuel
Endurance: min 6 hours
Range: min 50km
Minimum Altitude: 50 meters
Multiple operational modes (patterns, loiter, tracking etc.)
Day and Night operations
