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Homeland Security

GD Completes Initial Video Surveillance System Deployment For CBP

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, October 14th, 2015

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GD Completes Initial Video Surveillance System Deployment For CBP

Remote Video Surveillance Systems used by CBP to track illegal border crossers. Photo: CBP

General Dynamics [GD] on Wednesday said it has completed the initial field deployment and test of the Remote Video Surveillance System (RVSS) upgrade for Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a key milestone in the two-year old program.With the initial deployment and testing in support of routine operations, the RVSS system has achieved initial operating capability in Nogales, Ariz., the first area of responsibility (AOR). GD has also begun deployments in the Naco and Douglas, Ariz., AORs.The RVSS upgrade program entails…

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