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Monday, January 16, 2012

Thales and Aerovisión present FRONTEX with an unmanned aerial vehicle for border control


Thales and Aerovisión have given a real flight demonstration of the UAV Fulmar (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) for the European Agency Frontex, the organism in charge of coordinating the border control operations of the European Union member states.

Fulmar is a wholly Spanish project that is a global solution that uses the Maritime Surveillance Systems of ThalesGroup.

These systems supply images and video in real time and integrate the information in a security system, as is the case with border control.

Such systems facilitate surveillance and control of maritime and border traffic and can provide inestimable support to rescue operations.

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