Japan Coast Guard unmanned aerial vehicle unveiled for the first time Demonstration experiment such as search Aomori October 31, 5:15
Based in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture, the Japan Coast Guard has been conducting demonstration tests of unmanned aerial vehicles since October, and released the aircraft to the press for the first time.
The unmanned aerial vehicle "Sea Guardian" developed by an American defense company for marine research was released.
The aircraft is approximately 12 meters long and 24 meters wide, and is equipped with a radar that captures ships and a high-performance camera on the underside.
The Japan Coast Guard has been conducting an experiment from October 15th at the Self-Defense Forces Hachinohe Air Base in Aomori Prefecture to verify whether this unmanned aerial vehicle can be used for searching for marine accidents and monitoring suspicious ships.
The videos taken in the experiments so far have also been released, and in the images of patrol boats taken with an infrared camera at night from an altitude of 3000 meters or more, the hot parts are shown in white, and they are in the engine room of the ship and on the deck. You can clearly see the figure of a person.
The Japan Coast Guard has confirmed in previous experiments that radar and cameras have performance that can be used for missions.
A person in charge of the Japan Coast Guard said, "The experiment is proceeding smoothly and I feel a response. I want to continue the experiment with safety first."
The Japan Coast Guard plans to conduct an experiment until November 15th, and will continue to verify whether the captured images reach the ground in real time and whether there are any problems with flight safety.
The image from the unmanned aerial vehicle
The Japan Coast Guard has released a video taken with an unmanned aerial vehicle during the demonstration experiment.
In the demonstration experiment, a 95-meter-long patrol ship "Hida" was photographed from the sky in order to verify whether a ship in distress or a suspicious ship could be confirmed from the sky by an unmanned aerial vehicle.
In the video taken from 3000 meters or more above the sky, you can see the ship sailing from the left to the right of the screen, and you can see the shape of the ship.
The person in charge said, "I can't say the specific visual accuracy, but I had the ability to identify the car from the top of Mt. Fuji," because the structure of the ship can be roughly understood by increasing the magnification.
Also, in the image of the same ship taken with an infrared camera at night, the hot part is shown in white, the location of the engine room of the ship and the figure of people can be clearly seen, and it is confirmed that there are 11 sailors on the deck. I can do it.