EMSA RPASDeployment Baltic Sea 2020

Schiebel Camcopter S-100

EFD621 SUOMENLAHTI (Tempo D)• Airspace specially reserved for the EMSA RPAS Deployment

• The area is divided into eleven (11) sub-areas which are activated when needed

• In total, the whole area extends from coastline to Finland´s borders

FLIGHT MISSION BASES

• Gulf of Finland▪ Porkkala CGS

▪ Kotka CGS

• Archipelago Sea▪ Nauvo CGS

• Åland Sea ▪ Mariehamn CGS

• Kvarken▪ Vallgrund CGS (in November)

• OPV Turva

OUTLINE OF THE FLIGHT MISSION

• Weekly Schedule for EMSA and Schiebel (one week before)

• Airspace reservations (one week before)

• Mission details from Command Center to Mission Chief

• Mission briefing with Schiebel Flight Crew

• During flight mission detailed instructions from Command Center (new targets etc.)

• After flight mission debriefing with Schiebel Flight Crew

MISSION TYPES

• Border Surveillance▪ Surveillance flights in the Border Zone

• General Surveillance▪ Flights closer to coastline

▪ Traffic identification (commercial traffic and pleasure crafts)

• SAR (Search And Rescue)▪ Added situational awareness for Command Center (SMC)

• Environmental Surveillance▪ Oil spills

▪ Fisheries control (in November)

GENERAL AND BORDER SURVEILLANCE• Identifications in maritime traffic

SAR

• FBG Patrol Boat helping motorboat with engine failure

ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE

• Possible polluting cargo ship

COOPERATION WITH OTHER MEMBER STATES• Estonian Police And Border Guard Board (EPBGB)

▪ Cooperation flights during Porkkala CGS and OPV Turva Deployments

• Swedish Kustbevakningen (KBV)▪ Visit to Mariehamn CGS for introduction of EMSA RPAS Operation

▪ Possible cooperation flights during Vallgrund CGS Deployment (in November)

▪ Same kind of deployment is planned to be carried out duringsummer 2021

▪Good addition to surveillance, not replacement▪ Wind restrictions pretty strict (25 kts gust / take off)

THANK YOU!