WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department will use unmanned
surveillance aircraft and other technological upgrades in its ongoing
effort to protect the southern border of the United States.

The department said Wednesday it has obtained Federal Aviation
Administration permission to operate unmanned planes along the Texas
border and throughout the Gulf Coast region. Customs and Border
Protection will base a surveillance drone at the Corpus Christi Naval
Air Station in Texas.

Homeland Security also said it is working with the Office of National
Drug Control Policy on "Project Roadrunner," a license plate recognition
system designed to seek out possible drug traffickers.

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