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CBP Makes Autonomous Surveillance Tower a Program of Record

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 7th, 2020

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CBP Makes Autonomous Surveillance Tower a Program of Record

Anduril Industries' AI-based Sentry Tower autonomous surveillance systems. Photo: Anduril

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in early July declared a relatively new border security surveillance tower system a program of record, a key program milestone demonstrating the agency’s interest in the technology and moving it from a research and development effort to a line item in the budget. The artificial intelligence-based Autonomous Surveillance Towers (ASTs), supplied by California-based Anduril Industries, are quickly relocatable and provide day and night surveillance coverage along portions of the southwest border. Currently, CBP has 60…

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