Elbit Systems has started operating the maritime UAS patrol service available to countries in the EU under its contract between the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and the Portuguese company CEiiA. Announced last year, the contract involves Elbit Systems leasing a Hermes 900 Maritime Patrol system and its ground control station to EMSA and operating it on its behalf under a contractor-owned, contractor-operated arrangement. The Hermes 900 system will provide persistent long-range, long-endurance maritime patrol capabilities to EMSA as part of the agency's tasks monitoring maritime pollution and emissions, detecting illegal fishing, combating drug trafficking and illegal immigration and supporting search and rescue operations.
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