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CBP Puts RVSS Upgrade Program on Hold

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 28th, 2017

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has delayed its plans to expand a sensor system along the southwest and northern borders.The agency tells interested vendors in a Nov. 21 announcement that “it no longer intends to release a solicitation towards the end of calendar year 2017, or at any time in the near future” for the expansion of the Remote Video Surveillance System (RVSS) upgrade program.A CBP spokesman tells HSR that the Border Patrol “is currently reviewing the requirements/strategy of the…

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