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CBP To Evaluate Insitu UAS To Meet Some Light Enforcement Platform Missions

CBP To Evaluate Insitu UAS To Meet Some Light Enforcement Platform Missions
A ScanEagle sUAS and launcher sit on the flight deck of the Coast Guard National Security Cutter Stratton. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Barney.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shortly plans to begin conducting technology evaluations of two Insitu-made medium unmanned aircraft systems (mUASs) to meet certain light surveillance missions. The technology demonstrations will begin in April and include the ScanEagle and Blackjack mUAS, which have been acquired through the Defense Department’s reuse program. CBP says that an “analysis of alternatives identified a medium unmanned aerial system as a viable low-cost solution for certain LEP (Light Enforcement Platform) missions.” Insitu is a business unit…

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