EU drones could drop life rafts to migrants in the Mediterranean Sea

By David Hambling

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Raft-dropping drones volition soon beryllium helping with rescues astatine sea. The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has awarded a €30 cardinal declaration for uncrewed craft to patrol European waters. The remotely piloted craft volition deploy a caller capability, an air-dropped rescue raft to transportation up to 8 people. It could beryllium utilized to rescue migrants attempting to transverse the Mediterranean Sea, however, critics judge that the drones whitethorn besides beryllium utilized to deter marine migration attempts.

EMSA announced the four-year declaration connected 14 October with the REACT consortium, …

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