(Aerospace and Defense News) The UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) awarded Elbit Systems UK, a subsidiary of an Israeli defense company, with a contract worth 990,000 pounds, to develop unmanned aerial vehicles to enhance coastal surveillance. The program will showcase how drones could be deployed to search for missing people or vessels and for surveillance on land and sea. The UK is increasingly keen on using drones to keep watch on its coasts, after the arrival of small groups of migrants on dinghies. Last year, 1,800 people made it to the country this way and the number has been steadily increasing.
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