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The UK Home Office is allocating up to £100 million for a maritime surveillance system to detect and track small boats crossing the English Channel. The Coastal Maritime ISR Service will fuse data from land-based drones, Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drones, satellite-based automatic identification, and radar sensors. The system will autonomously detect vessels and provide real-time tracking via API integration with the Royal Navy's Maritime Domain Awareness Programme, creating a unified operational view for decision-makers. The contract spans 3-5 years and is part of broader border security spending that has reached £3.5 billion since 2017.

UK Home Office targets small boats with £100M tech budget