The European Maritime Safety Agency has awarded Airbus a €30 million framework contract to provide its Flexrotor remotely piloted aircraft for multipurpose maritime surveillance across member states, covering aircraft provision and mission support to enhance EU-wide maritime monitoring and response capabilities.
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Briefing
The €30 million framework is a concrete procurement by a major EU agency that commits Airbus Flexrotor platforms to EMSAs maritime surveillance fleet, signalling short-term budgeted demand and operational deployments.
The award supports the expansion of BVLOS and UTM-enabled maritime drone operations in Europe, building on recent integrations that aim to scale beyond-line-of-sight unmanned missions (see the uAvionix/OneSky UTM integration: https://hype.aero/?story=b9557fdf-7116-4423-8783-b8d922ac4d45).
It underscores growing interest and competition in maritime UAV solutions alongside other naval-focused programmes, such as the U.S. Navys selection of a maritime Firefly UAV variant (https://hype.aero/?story=4057637e-46f6-4e6c-b254-a8cf3e4d101a).
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EMSA awards Airbus contract to provide RPAS maritime surveillance services • APAC Defence Reporter
Airbus to deploy Flexrotor drones for European coast guards • defence-blog.com
European Maritime Safety Agency selects Airbus Flexrotor drone • aero-defence.tech
European Maritime Safety Agency selects Airbus Flexrotor drone • aeromorning.com
EMSA awards €30m framework to Airbus for remotely piloted maritime surveillance aircraft • maritime-executive.com
