
Maritime Surveillance Drone Testing to Begin this Summer
by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to demonstrate the first European maritime surveillance system where drones are integral to operations. The first demonstration will be performed this summer over the Maltese waters of the Mediterranean sea, said Pedro Sinogas, TEKEVER CEO, at the AUVSI Xponential show in New Orleans, La. Maritime operations have been brought into focus in Europe by the unprecedented migrant crisis. As part of the response to this crisis the EU border patrol agency FRONTEX has recently announced that it is in the planning

TEKEVER Develops Vessel Tracking for Small UAS
of maritime domain capabilities, such as automatic vessel detection, classification and tracking, TEKEVER is now making them available in its AR3 and AR4 UAS product lines. These shipborne UAS can now play an even more effective role as range extenders for maritime patrol vessels. Pedro Sinogas, TEKEVER CEO, said, “Vessel tracking is a very demanding operation, that we can now offer even in our most compact and flexible systems, such as the AR4 Light Ray.&rdquo

Unmanned Aircraft Features Maritime Radar
UAS AR3 NET RAY is touted as the first in class providing maritime radar capability The UAS producer TEKEVER is launching at Xponential-AUVSI, a new version of its AR3 Net Ray shipborne UAV with an increased payload weight capacity to allow integration of maritime radar. Pedro Sinogas, TEKEVER CEO, said, “With an extra payload capacity and the integration of a maritime radar, the goal of the company is to provide customers with unprecedented capabilities in a very small and affordable package.” According to the developer, the new UAV is suited for a number