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Homeland Security

CBP Awards AeroVironment $5M for Tactical Fixed-Wing UAS

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, October 29th, 2019

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CBP Awards AeroVironment $5M for Tactical Fixed-Wing UAS

AeroVironmnent Puma AE beach launch. Photo: AeroVironment

AeroVironment [AVAV] has received a $5.3 million contract from Customs and Border Protection to provide the Border Patrol with a hand-launched, fixed-wing unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for test and evaluation purposes along portions of the southern border. AeroVironment says it received the contract in August and will deliver the Puma 3 AE small UAS (sUAS) system by Jan. 2020. The company says the award builds on the Border Patrol’s ongoing use of Puma AE UAS systems. “Fixed-wing sUAS such as…

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