Airbus U030 Flexrotor begins EMSA maritime-surveillance operations in the Baltic
Airbus began operational U030 Flexrotor maritime-surveillance missions for EMSA across Estonia, Latvia and Finland, marking the aircraft's first operational deployment in Europe.
Evidence notes
- The deployment operates under Airbus's EUR 30 million EMSA RPAS services framework awarded in December 2025.
- EO/IR and radar data is streamed in real time to the EMSA RPAS Data Centre.
- Extensee operates the aircraft while Airbus manages and coordinates the RPAS service.
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