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Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, has procured services from Shield AI for a pilot project providing tactical Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) for land border and coastal surveillance in Poland, valued at EUR 3,000,000. The purpose is to evaluate the operational performance, cost-efficiency, and reliability of long-endurance and short-endurance RPAS platforms, along with a mobile tactical command station, to enhance border security measures. This initiative supports Frontex's strategic efforts to optimize surveillance capabilities across the European Union through advanced drone technology assessment.
Tactical pilot: long+short endurance RPAS + mobile command. Bulgaria. TED 156/2024.
https://www.suasnews.com/2024/08/frontex-launches-procurement-for-enhanced-border-surveillance-with-tactical-drones/