By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last month issued Boeing [BA] a new $55.7 million task order to begin constructing surveillance and communications towers along separate stretches of the United States' Southwest Border beginning this month as part of the electronic, or "virtual" fence portion of the Secure Border Initiative (SBI). The task order is for two projects, Tucson 1 and Ajo 1, which cover about 34 miles and 30 miles respectively of the U.S. border with…
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