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GD Tests IFT Solution In Preparation For CBP Run-Off

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, July 11th, 2012

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General Dynamics [GD] has tested the solution it is proposing for an electronic surveillance network that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) hopes to begin deploying next year along portions of the United States’ southwest border, a company executive said yesterday. “We have de-risked the system and actually integrated those components in preparation not only for our technical response in the written proposal, because we want to make sure that we characterize and mitigate the risks that we see,” Chris Marzilli,…

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