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Border Patrol Interested in Hybrid Small UAS System

Border Patrol Interested in Hybrid Small UAS System
AeroVironment's Puma II AE small UAS featuring the new Mantis i45 sensor. Photo: AeroVironment.

The Border Patrol is conducting market research of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) that can fly like a fixed-wing aircraft but take off and land vertically as part of its monitoring of the northern and southern U.S. borders. “Hybrid lift solutions that may meet CBP requirements combine the advantages of VTOL and fixed wing solutions into a single airframe,” CBP says in an Aug. 5 Request for Information posted on the government’s procurement website Fedbizopps.gov. “These solutions will provide Border…

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