Projects, Coast guard, May – September 2026
Coastal surveillance pilot in Bohuslän
Eighteen scheduled patrols along 60 km of coast, flown from a patrol vehicle. Detections were matched against AIS and handed to the unit's command system.
The task
The unit patrols a stretch of coast with heavy summer leisure traffic and a few commercial lanes. Radar returns without a matching AIS track used to mean sending a boat for a visual check, often for nothing.
What we did
Vinga was flown from the unit’s existing patrol vehicle on eighteen scheduled patrols between May and September. Each patrol covered around 60 km of coast in a single flight. Every detection was correlated against AIS on board the aircraft and pushed into the unit’s command system with position, track and a video clip.
What came out of it
Eleven vessels without AIS were identified over the period, four of which led to boardings. No flights were aborted for weather or technical reasons. The unit has taken an option on two systems for 2027.
“We stopped sending a boat to look at every radar return. Now we send the aircraft first and the boat only when it matters.”