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Border Patrol Seeks Information On Hybrid Small UAS Platforms

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 6th, 2019

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Border Patrol Seeks Information On Hybrid Small UAS Platforms

This "enhanced" image shows Indago flying with an antenna that can find lost people. (Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin)

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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