The Finnish Border Guard is responsible for Finland s internal security, reporting to the Ministry of the Interior. The main functions of the Border Guard are guarding Finland s land borders and territorial waters, carrying out passport control at border crossing points, ports and airports, as well as law enforcement, maritime safety and performing search and rescue operations, especially at sea.
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Camcopter Drones for Finland Coast Guard, 06-Jul-20 : #drones The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) ordered
Schiebel Camcopter S-100 drones for the Finnish Border Guard for coast guard services. Estonia and Sweden will follow
Camcopter Demonstration aboard Finland OPV Turva, 17-Sep-19 : #drones Finnish Border Guard completed 5-days trials in the Gulf of Finland of the Schiebel S-100 Camcopter drone aboard its Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Turva. The S-100 is one of the contenders for a new Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Air System (UAS) for intelligence gathering, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) Valvonta2 (Surveillance2) program funded by European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)
Patria at Helitech 2017, 28-Sep-17 : Helitech 2017 Finland’s Patria to showcase its helicopter life-cycle support at Helitech 2017, ExCel London, October 3-5.
