Press release 25 February 2011

New contract with the Finnish Border Guard

One of the Finnish Border Guards Dornier 228 aircraft with the MSS 6000

To further improve the surveillance and protection of the Baltic Sea the Finnish Border Guard (FBG)  has signed a contract with Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) for phase II  in the project that aims to improve the maritime surveillance capacity of FBGs two Dornier aircraft. An advanced search radar and infrared camera will be integrated with the existing MSS 6000 maritime surveillance system.

The aircraft are used for maritime patrol missions over the Baltic Sea such as border patrol, ship traffic monitoring, monitoring of oil spills and support to search and rescue operations.

During their surveillance flights the Border Guard's Dornier surveillance aircraft detect dozens of illegal oil discharges every year from vessels within the Finnish maritime area and also elsewhere in the Baltic Sea in the context of international...