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Border Patrol Seeks Wide Range of Capabilities in New R&D Strategy

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, August 28th, 2013

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Amid tightening budgets, the Border Patrol is seeking investments in a wide variety of tools and capabilities that will allow it to be more effective and efficient while lowering costs, according to officials from the agency and the Science and Technology branch of the Department of Homeland Security. Those tools and capabilities include sensors, improved situational awareness, decreased processing times, better decision making and lower operating costs in all mission areas of the Border Patrol, the officials said. DHS S&T…

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