The project aims to develop and deploy a product that consists of a UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) with VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) capability equipped with the appropriate sensors (electrochemical-hyperspectral-optical) used to inspect pollution sources (e.g. oil spills, emissions, waste) in a port and in a broader anchorage area. D4SPAs proposed solution can identify activities and provide accurate and localized knowledge of incidents, security threats or possible dangers.
The drone platform will be equipped with three different payloads according to the needs of the operator, while after the mission it lands reliably back on a pre-designated space. Video and imagery would be communicated to the user in real-time while other raw data could be accessed by onboard computing processing units or even after the drone returns to land with a post processing workflow. Insights about the current environmental, security or emergency situation can be extracted in an automated or semi-automated way informing the operators in real-time.