Event
Frontex selects Airbus and IAI for maritime aerial surveillance RPAS
Key points
- Frontex selected Airbus and IAI to provide maritime aerial surveillance with remotely piloted aircraft systems.
- The service uses long-endurance unmanned aircraft for border and coast-guard surveillance missions.
- IAI's role is tied to the Heron platform and RPAS service capability through its partnership with Airbus.
Company context
Israel Aerospace Industries is an Israeli state-owned aerospace and defence company developing aircraft systems, unmanned aerial systems, loitering munitions, missile defence, radar, satellites, cyber, and homeland-security technologies. Its robotics-relevant portfolio includes the Heron UAS family, Harop and Rotem loitering munitions, and command-and-control infrastructure.
Context
- Company
- Israel Aerospace Industries
- Segment
- Defence
- Event type
- Contract Award
- Geography
- Lod · Israel