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Friday, February 22, 2013

$2bn Triton drone plan to track asylum boats off Australia

MQ-4C Triton |Australia is set to sign up for $2 billion worth of unmanned spy planes able to detect small, wooden people-smuggling boats.

The Federal Government will send a letter of request for possible access to the United States Navy's development program for a high-flying, long-range pilotless aircraft called the Triton.

Once it detects a timber vessel it will be able to photograph the intruder or pass the information through secure military links to other aircraft or ships in the area.

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