UK Home Office signs Tekever to surveil English Channel
The UK Home Office has renewed its 3 year long contract with Tekever to provide maritime surveillance as a service across the English Channel using its AR5 and AR3 model drones, also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The AR5 system is a UAV that is intended to conduct surveillance missions and can fly for more than 20 hours and carry sensors such as maritime radar and day and night cameras. It will be used to detect, recognise, track, and identify potentially illegal vessels and transmit intelligence to authorities in real time. The AR3 offers a complementary response. The overall goal is to detect human trafficking and illegal fishing.
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Publication: Unmanned Systems Technology
Writer: Caroline Rees