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CBP to Evaluate M2S2 Surveillance Systems this Summer

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 26th, 2020

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CBP to Evaluate M2S2 Surveillance Systems this Summer

Elbit M2S2 units previously provided to CBP for operational test and evaluation. Photo: Elbit

Customs and Border Protection soon will begin evaluating new mobile surveillance solutions for border security from a number of manufacturers after awarding contracts for the systems last fall. Elbit Systems of America last week delivered its four Modular Mobile Surveillance Systems (M2S2) to CBP for operational evaluation and testing at different locations around the U.S. in the coming months, Joel Friederich, vice president of C4I and Homeland Security Systems at the company, tells HSR. Last September, CBP, through the Defense…

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