Airbus Defence and Space announced on Monday that it had been granted a 12-month contract extension by the UK Royal Navy for satellite-based maritime surveillance services. This contract extension follows the conclusion of a successful proof-of-concept phase. The services will be supplied to the UK government’s Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC). As a result of the new agreement, areas of interest in British waters will continue to be monitored, with the ultimate aim of guarding UK sovereign waters from suspicious vessels and their activities. Airbus will provide the JMSC with reports about vessels in Britain’s exclusive economic zone, compiled with data from satellite-based optical and radar sensors as well as from ship-mounted automatic identification systems.
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