
Border Patrol Begins AST Deployments in El Paso Sector The Border Patrol in August began deployments of Autonomous Surveillance Towers (ASTs) in its El Paso Sector in West Texas and New Mexico and plans to eventually install another 13 of the artificial intelligence-enabled systems in the sector. All the ASTs are expected to be operational by the end of 2021. The towers are mobile and can be relocated, and are fully powered by solar energy. ASTs are supplied by Anduril…