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CBP Developing Acquisition Strategy for Tethered Surveillance Aerostats

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, March 10th, 2015

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a Request for Information (RFI)seeking input from industry related to market conditions and technology as part of the agency’s development of a an acquisition strategy of surveillance blimps for border and maritime security.CBP is currently operating six of the blimps, called the Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS), along the United States’ border with Mexico. There are also two additional sites where the systems are monitoring the Florida Straits and a portion of the…

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