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I spy with my little eye a flying spy in the sky

Flying drone Over at England Expects, some most
unwelcome news:

Steady demand from government civilian agencies is pushing the
air surveillance market in Europe, especially for unmanned aerial
vehicles(UAVs), civil helicopters, multi mission aircraft and airborne
radars.

"The civil security air surveillance market in Europe will
benefit from growing co-operation between EU member states and the
industry," says Frost & Sullivan Program Manager Balaji
Srimoolanathan.

"Large-scale events like the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
will be a testing ground for civil UAVs."

Civil security air surveillance is used in urban networks for
law enforcement, maritime surveillance, emergency medical services,
earth observation, and in the energy sector. There is significant
potential in these sectors for air surveillance and greater cooperation
among industry participants is making the market business critical.

Oh good!

By Alex
Deane

Related posts: here, here and here.

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Alex Deane Posted in CCTV
  • Purlieu

    “Large-scale events like the 2012 Summer Olympics in London will be a testing ground for civil UAVs.”
    Oh great when one crashes into a crowd watching an event – who needs terrorists when you’ve got these things poised to destroy

  • satipera

    Alex, in answer to your question from a while back. The right wing employers association that partly funds the Tax Payers Alliance of which you are a mere offshoot is the Midlands Industrial Council. You pretend to be interested in civil rights at Big Brother Watch but why would you accept funding from the Midlands Industrial Council who kept secret files on workers and ensured they would not be employed by certain other firms in the region. You pretend to be civil liberties but your real plan is to convince people that only the most minimal spending should be undertaken by government and everything else should be left to the deluded free marketeers

  • john malpas

    last lot of UAVs were the V1s.
    I nhope this lot dont get ideas.

  • http://anti-blog.info John

    Getting people used to the hovering Big Brother eye in the sky…
    And its not like Britain’s skies aren’t crowded enough as is!

  • http://profile.typepad.com/alexdeane Alex Deane

    Satipera,
    Gosh.
    I really have tried with you..! I have asked you whether there’s anything we’ve actually written with which you disagree. You don’t answer, and then post hostile comments on another post.
    I point out that I’m entirely open about my Conservative background (which is on my profile here on the site), and the TPA beginnings of BBW (which is displayed in a logo up and to the right on this page). You don’t answer, and then post hostile comments on yet another post.
    Let me try two more things:
    1) Here’s Tony Benn speaking at our launch:
    http://www.youtube.com/user/bigbrotherwatched#p/f/4/6rdpEWDXDoI
    2) Have a look across the site at the things we have criticised. Amongst other things:
    - Data chips in dustbins – mostly Tory Councils we criticised and argued with.
    - Covert surveillance by councils – again, mostly Tory.
    - CCTV installation – many Tory councils.
    - The Coalition U-turn on the Summary Care Record – our position is profoundly opposed to the Tories:
    http://www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/home/2010/06/the-coalition-have-performed-a-disgraceful-uturn-on-the-summary-care-record.html
    And so on. Actually *read* the site. Find some more examples of your own.
    If we’re a secretly pro-Tory campaign, how well do you think we’re doing, exactly..?
    Oh, and do try to answer on THIS post if you would.

  • http://profile.typepad.com/alexdeane Alex Deane

    One I forgot
    - The Census – very anti-coalition:
    http://conservativehome.blogs.com/centreright/2010/07/the-census.html

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