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Tank, sub maker tapped to guard US-Mexico border
By PAUL BEDARD • 4/12/17 4:00 PM
One of the nation's biggest defense contractors, known for building tanks and nuclear submarines, is being tasked to deploy its latest surveillance equipment along the U.S.-Mexico border in one of the first moves by the administration to add "eyes" in its war on illegal immigration.
The Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Patrol said that General Dynamics has been approved to pepper the border with its 80-foot-high sensor and video system that directs the Border Patrol to illegal traffic detections.
It is just one of several systems that Homeland is considering, in addition to the wall, as it figures the fastest way to make good on President Trump's promise to shut down crossings of illegals and drugs on the southern border.
After testing in highly-trafficked areas in Arizona, the government said that the company's "Remote Video Surveillance System" is a go.
"The deployment of the Remote Video Surveillance System is important to the safety of our agents and to our mission," said Ronald D. Vitiello, chief of the U.S. Border Patrol in a statement put out by GD. "Successful partnerships like the one we have with the General Dynamics team, are necessary to efficiently and effectively secure the border."
The company described the system this way: "Located on elevated towers and structures, the RVSS advanced electro-optical and infrared sensors provide persistent ground surveillance to Border Patrol agents via an intuitive video management system with real time analytics to effectively detect, track, identify, classify and respond to missions along U.S. borders."
In a recent General Dynamics report, the company added other details: "Combining day and night video cameras, laser range-finders, spotlights and loudspeakers, the system gathers intelligence data and beams it back to command and control centers. There, sophisticated image-processing and recognition software employing artificial intelligence can spot items of interest faster than the human eye. When threats are detected, border patrol agents can be quickly directed to the location."
According to reports, it will be used in remote areas where building a wall might not be practical, and it will also be used on the U.S.-Canada border. Some 150 units are expected to be deployed.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tank-sub-maker-tapped-to-guard-us-mexico-border/article/2620131
By PAUL BEDARD • 4/12/17 4:00 PM
One of the nation's biggest defense contractors, known for building tanks and nuclear submarines, is being tasked to deploy its latest surveillance equipment along the U.S.-Mexico border in one of the first moves by the administration to add "eyes" in its war on illegal immigration.
The Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Patrol said that General Dynamics has been approved to pepper the border with its 80-foot-high sensor and video system that directs the Border Patrol to illegal traffic detections.
It is just one of several systems that Homeland is considering, in addition to the wall, as it figures the fastest way to make good on President Trump's promise to shut down crossings of illegals and drugs on the southern border.
After testing in highly-trafficked areas in Arizona, the government said that the company's "Remote Video Surveillance System" is a go.
"The deployment of the Remote Video Surveillance System is important to the safety of our agents and to our mission," said Ronald D. Vitiello, chief of the U.S. Border Patrol in a statement put out by GD. "Successful partnerships like the one we have with the General Dynamics team, are necessary to efficiently and effectively secure the border."
The company described the system this way: "Located on elevated towers and structures, the RVSS advanced electro-optical and infrared sensors provide persistent ground surveillance to Border Patrol agents via an intuitive video management system with real time analytics to effectively detect, track, identify, classify and respond to missions along U.S. borders."
In a recent General Dynamics report, the company added other details: "Combining day and night video cameras, laser range-finders, spotlights and loudspeakers, the system gathers intelligence data and beams it back to command and control centers. There, sophisticated image-processing and recognition software employing artificial intelligence can spot items of interest faster than the human eye. When threats are detected, border patrol agents can be quickly directed to the location."
According to reports, it will be used in remote areas where building a wall might not be practical, and it will also be used on the U.S.-Canada border. Some 150 units are expected to be deployed.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tank-sub-maker-tapped-to-guard-us-mexico-border/article/2620131
