Drones To Monitor Container Cargo Smuggling To Enhance Port Security

An Austin-based company and the Borders, Trade and Immigration (BTI) Institute at the University of Houston are partnering to study whether the use of unmanned autonomous systems in maritime port security can help detect radiation, human trafficking, and drug smuggling cases, says an article published in Border Report.

The BTI Institute is one of nine Centers of Excellence under the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate.

Why is it needed?

“Port security covers a whole...

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