Arab News runs this piece on a Saudi project to monitor its borders with a high-tech fence, electronic, and aerial surveillance. The project, estimated to cost $2.8 billion, is in addition to the current project on the Iraqi border. That project is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

EADS wins contract for border security

JEDDAH: European aerospace and defense contractor EADS has signed a contract with Saudi Arabia to build a high-tech security fence on 9,000 km of the country’s border, the company said yesterday.

In a long-awaited deal, EADS Defense and Security, a subsidiary of the French-German conglomerate, is expected to create a system of security posts and surface and aerial monitoring of the Kingdom’s land and sea borders over the next five years, the company announced.

The project “will ensure border coverage is visible and managed at the sector level, while simultaneously providing situational awareness at the regional and national level,” the company said.
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