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CBP Awards Tactical Micro $50M for MVSS after Year-Long Delay

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 17th, 2015

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in late October awarded Tactical Micro a potential $50 million contract to provide a mobile surveillance system for border security under the Mobile Video Surveillance System (MVSS) program, more than a year after the agency originally awarded the contract to another company.Tactical Micro, part of Secure Technology Company, received an initial $596,000 for deliver of two MVSS units, along with a year of contractor maintenance and logistics support. The initial order also includes associated program…

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