
This year, the Coast Guard launched a fleet of "Penguin C Mk2.5 VTOL" vertical take-off and landing drones, which were spotted on Ketagalan Avenue.
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The Coast Guard has promoted a pilot project for remote-controlled drones for coastal surveillance and surveillance, introducing the Penguin C Mk2.5 VTOL developed by American company Edge Autonomy.
The Penguin C Mk2.5 vertical take-off and landing drone currently in service of the Coast Guard appeared in the National Day full force preview.
[Reporter Tu Juping/Reporting from Taipei] The full-force preview of the National Day Parade kicked off this afternoon. In addition to the participation of various performance groups and national military vehicles and equipment, the Coast Guard also launched the "Penguin C Mk2.5 VTOL" vertical take-off and landing drone to accompany the team this year, which was spotted on Ketagalan Avenue. This UAV, known as the "Penguin", has the ability to stay in the air for a long time, vertical take-off and landing, and long-range image transmission capabilities. It will be used for coastal and maritime surveillance, suspicious ship tracking, and maritime disaster search and rescue missions, demonstrating the new energy of maritime patrol to enhance scientific and technological patrols.
In recent years, the Coast Guard has continued to promote the "Coast and Coastal Surveillance Remotely Controlled UAV Pilot Project" and introduced the Penguin C Mk2.5 VTOL developed by the American company Edge Autonomy. Compared with traditional fixed-wing UAVs that require runway takeoff and landing, this UAV combines a fixed-wing and multi-rotor configuration and can directly take off and land vertically. It is suitable for deployment at shore locations with limited space. After takeoff, it will cruise in fixed-wing mode, taking into account the advantages of maneuverable deployment and long airtime.
According to information previously announced by the Coast Guard, Penguin C Mk2.5 can stay in the air for more than 10 hours, with a guidance and image transmission distance of up to 180 kilometers. It is equipped with photoelectric and infrared sensing equipment, combined with AI real-time image recognition capabilities, to assist coast patrol personnel in searching and identifying sea targets from the air, and grasp suspicious ships or abnormal conditions at sea.
The "Penguin" drone enables the Coast Guard's intercoastal surveillance and reconnaissance method to further extend from the existing intercoastal radar, surveillance equipment and personnel visual inspection to the air. Especially for maritime targets that are difficult to continuously control, such as small speedboats and rubber boats, long-endurance drones can expand the search range and transmit real-time images back to the command terminal to assist in the subsequent dispatch of patrol boats and personnel for interception or rescue.

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