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Border Patrol Plans Small UAS Evaluations This Year

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 25th, 2017

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Border Patrol Plans Small UAS Evaluations This Year

Raven is among the small UAVs deployed by special operations. Photo: AeroVironment

The Border Patrol in September plans to conduct operational tests of three different types of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) at different border locations to help evaluate requirements and assess capabilities, an agency official said on Tuesday.The testing will include a short-range quadcopter UAS that can stay aloft about 30 minutes, a Raven UAS that can travel further and stay airborne longer, and another type of UAS that can remain in the air about three hours, Scott Luck, acting deputy…

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