Japan: Japan Coast Guard, SeaGuardian Flight Demonstration: Remote Control Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (RPA)
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems: (GA-ASI)
SeaGuardian: Flight Demonstration
Formed a partnership with Asia Air Survey Co., Ltd.
We will demonstrate the flight of the remote-controlled unmanned aerial vehicle SeaGuardian for the Japan Coast Guard.
This flight demonstration will be conducted in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture for about two months from mid-September with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force Hachinohe Air Base.
Strengthening the coast guard system:
This flight demonstration is based on the “Policy on Strengthening the Coast Guard System”
Marine rescue and disaster response,
Maritime law enforcement activities
In work involving wide-area ocean surveillance,
The purpose is to confirm the effectiveness of the Japan Coast Guard’s remote-controlled unmanned aerial vehicle (RPA) system.
https://www.ga-asi.com/japan-coast-guard-validation-flights/
JAPAN COAST GUARD VALIDATION FLIGHTS
General Atomics Aeronautical (GA-ASI)
is partnering with Asia Air Survey (AAS)
to hold a series of validation flights for the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) featuring GA-ASI’s SeaGuardian®.
The purpose of the flights
is to validate the wide-area maritime surveillance capabilities of RPAS for carrying out JCG’s missions, including search and rescue, disaster response, and maritime law enforcement.
The flights
are expected to run for approximately two months and will include support from the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) at its Hachinohe base in Aomori Prefecture.
According to the JCG, the flight validation
will be conducted in accordance with “The Policy on Strengthening the Maritime Security Systems,”
using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to perform maritime wide-area surveillance using new technology.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.
https://www.ga-asi.com/japan-coast-guard-validation-flights/