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Homeland Security

CBP Wants Six VaDER Radar For Border Security Operations

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would like to purchase six aerial surveillance radar that combine ground moving target indicator data and synthetic aperture radar imagery for use on the nation’s southwest border based on ongoing operational evaluations, a senior agency official said yesterday. CBP has been testing the Northrop Grumman [NOC]-built Vehicle Dismount and Exploitation Radar (VaDER) radar since early 2011 aboard a Predator B unmanned aircraft system (Defense Daily, April 23, 2012). The radar is on loan from the…

Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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Congress

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