Tag: Stratobus
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Border surveillance: Frontex installs cameras in the stratosphere
With high-altitude platforms, the EU border agency aims to close the gap between its planes, drones and satellites. Frontex could in future have high-flying platforms deployed for surveillance from the stratosphere. In this way, the European Border Agency wants to…
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US military test flight: Zephyr solar glider crashed
Airbus’ high-flying drone has crashed in the desert just hours before setting a record for the longest flight ever recorded by an aircraft. The Zephyr solar-powered drone has crashed over the Arizona desert after a long-distance flight of 64 days.…
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Military and border police: New age for surveillance balloons
Various manufacturers are developing balloons for flight in the stratosphere. At lower altitudes, the German armed forces and Frontex, for example, rely on tethered airships Asman Technology, a company specializing in aerial reconnaissance, is reportedly planning to send balloons with…
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Frontex closes surveillance gaps in the air and in space
High-flying drones are to reconnoitre the EU’s external borders from the stratosphere, a static zeppelin is already observing close to the ground. With interception systems in space, the EU border agency wants to locate and possibly tap satellite telephones in…
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Border with Turkey: EU Commission wants to track down refugees with “foliage detection”
A EU research project is testing the combination of different surveillance technologies on refugees. This involves telephone and motion detectors, cameras, radar systems, electromagnetic sensors as well as eavesdropping microphones. In addition to drones, “stratospheric platforms” will also be used.…