Boreal

The European Skyopener project, co-financed by the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GSA), the European Commission and by the Horizon 2020 program aims to develop the civilian use of drones. Today, the civil exploitation of drones is subject to strict regulations, a fortiori with regard to out-of-sight operations. Integration into air traffic is also … Read more

A measurement campaign to sample the atmosphere above the Indian Ocean in areas where cyclones form has just ended in Reunion. A look back at this mission, the objective of which is to improve hurricane forecasts. A first flight campaign of the Boréal drone took place, from February 3 to 18, 2019, in Reunion, as … Read more

At the request of the Maritime Affairs Department (DAM) and the CLS company, BOREAL successfully experimented with several maritime surveillance operations in Northern Brittany (22) in order to detect and identify vessels in an illegal fishing situation. The bay of St-Brieuc has been identified as a pilot site for this experiment and BOREAL has experimented … Read more

As part of the ETOILE oceanographic measurement campaign, IFREMER-CLS and BOREAL deployed in situ resources (CNRS oceanographic vessel),  aerial (the BOREAL drone) and space (CLS acquisition and processing systems), in order to characterize the surface of the sea during the passage of internal waves near the continental slope. The BOREAL drone was used in coordination … Read more