
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Thursday said it has awarded a division of Elbit Systems of America a potential $145.3 million contract to deploy a series of fixed surveillance towers along stretches of Arizona’s border with Mexico to combat illegal migration and drug trafficking. CBP awarded the eight-year, six-month Integrated Fixed Tower (IFT) contract to EFW, Inc., which is part of Elbit Systems of America, which is the United States-based division of Israel’s Elbit Systems [ESLT]. In a FedBizOpps.gov…