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BOREAL was present at the inauguration of the TERRISCOPE project

The TERRISCOPE project, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Occitanie region, has made it possible to develop an aerial remote sensing research platform to monitor the environment. BOREAL SAS provided ONERA with 4 drones integrating innovative payloads (LIDAR and hyperspectral camera) for the development of an airborne platform. Equipped with optical … Read more

BOREAL appears in Inside Unmanned!

Boreal appears in the October/November issue of Inside Unmanned Systems, a press magazine specializing in world-class drones. Read the presentation of the BOREAL drone and its active participation in the European Skyopener project, a project co-financed by the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GSA), the European Commission and by the Horizon 2020 program aimed … Read more

Mission accomplished for BOREAL!

The demonstration planned on the beach of Cap de L’Homy (40) took place successfully yesterday afternoon! BOREAL deployed its drone dedicated to Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) off the Landes coast this Wednesday, October 16. With an optronic camera from our partner INPIXAL on board, the BOREAL completed a two-hour flight at an average speed … Read more

The BOREAL drone performed a flight for the Terriscope project

Equipped with a latest generation hyperspectral camera, the BOREAL drone flew to the ONERA site in Esperce on Tuesday August 27 to collect the data necessary for the progress of the TERRISCOPE project. The Terriscope project is a shared research platform in airborne optical remote sensing for the study of the environment and the territories … Read more

Flight phase for BOREAL SAS!

At the end of August, BOREAL SAS carried out several flights of its drones equipped with different payloads such as an inertial unit from the company IXBLUE or a hyper-spectral camera. The data collected on the ONERA site in Esperce will be used for multiple ongoing projects and in particular the one called FRELON (FREnch … Read more

The BOREAL drone, the drone used in the European Skyopener project

The European Skyopener project, co-financed by the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GSA), the European Commission and by the Horizon 2020 program aims to develop the civilian use of drones. Today, the civil exploitation of drones is subject to strict regulations, a fortiori with regard to out-of-sight operations. Integration into air traffic is also … Read more

Using the BOREAL to improve cyclone forecasting

A measurement campaign to sample the atmosphere above the Indian Ocean in areas where cyclones form has just ended in Reunion. A look back at this mission, the objective of which is to improve hurricane forecasts. A first flight campaign of the Boréal drone took place, from February 3 to 18, 2019, in Reunion, as … Read more

Boreal continues its industrialization

Boreal continues its industrialization By Fleur Olagnier, December 19, 2018 The civilian drone manufacturer Boreal plans to produce up to 15 machines within five years and is targeting the fossil fuel sector to internationalize. Created by Michel Gavard in 1998, Boreal (5 employees; 2018 turnover: €500,000)  made  and integrates monitoring equipment on  civilian drones. In … Read more

Surveillance of illegal fishing by BOREAL ISR

New demonstration week for the Drone BOREAL ISR configuration. This week several flights were carried out in the bay of Saint Brieux on behalf of the Department of Maritime Affairs. The purpose of these flights is to carry out surveillance campaigns in scallop fishing areas. The operation was carried out by the crew of Azur … Read more