Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: LARUS

  • New unmanned capabilities: When will the EU use drones for practical sea rescue?

    New unmanned capabilities: When will the EU use drones for practical sea rescue?

    Two leading drone manufacturers report readiness to equip their aircraft with life rafts. These can be dropped with pinpoint accuracy over a maritime emergency. But perhaps this would also encourage violations of the Geneva Refugee Convention. The Portuguese company Tekever…

  • North and Baltic Sea: German authority orders EU drone surveillance

    North and Baltic Sea: German authority orders EU drone surveillance

    In several projects, the German Federal Police is testing drones in maritime environments. So far, the unmanned aircrafts have to fly in restricted areas, but soon they could be integrated into civil airspace. The Ministry of Transportation, which responsible for…

  • Germany’s rescue drone will not fly in the Mediterranean

    Germany’s rescue drone will not fly in the Mediterranean

    Unmanned systems could help to rescue shipwrecked boats in the Mediterranean. However, a new German sea rescue drone is only to be used in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. Under the name “LARUS”, the German Government develops drones for…

  • German Armed Forces drones complete 87,000 flight hours

    German Armed Forces drones complete 87,000 flight hours

    The Bundeswehr currently has more than 630 drones. More are to follow, and next year the giant PEGASUS drone will be ordered.  The German military drones have already completed more than 87,000 flight hours. This was written by the Federal…