Migrants: EU drones could drop life rafts in the Mediterranean Sea

The European Maritime Security Company has contracted drone firm Tekever to make use of uncrewed plane for search-and-rescue missions

By David Hambling

Raft-dropping drones will quickly be serving to with rescues at sea. The European Maritime Security Company (EMSA) has awarded a €30 million contract for uncrewed plane to patrol European waters. The remotely piloted plane will deploy a brand new functionality, an air-dropped rescue raft to hold as much as eight individuals. It may very well be used to rescue migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea, nonetheless, critics imagine that the drones might also be used to discourage marine migration makes an attempt.

EMSA introduced the four-year contract on 14 October with the REACT consortium, …