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Boeing Video Solution for Border Security Customizable for Multiple Sensors

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

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ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, Md.—Boeing’s [BA] entry into a competition to provide day and night cameras for border security has the capacity to integrate a number of cameras and other relatively low-level sensors into a more capable solution should Customs and Border Protection (CBP) eventually want to easily upgrade the system, a company official says. Boeing has proposed its Active Detection and Surveillance System (ASDS) for CBP’s Remote Video Surveillance System (RVSS) program, which essentially calls for pole mounted cameras to be…

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