They are often the only surveillance capability the operating nation has access to, and their presence has often deterred foreign fishing fleets.

However, getting the two scanners to synchronise proved difficult, resulting in poor all-round surveillance capability.

Kestrel reduces size and weight, while increasing image resolution and adding a day/night surveillance capability.

While ground reconnaissance would be a part of the effort, attended and unattended detection devices or sensors would provide a majority of the surveillance capability.

The extra cash will boost intelligence and surveillance capabilities and pay for armed officers to patrol city centres.