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DHS Likes Surveillance Capability of Aerostat System, Say Lockheed Martin Officials

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, October 21st, 2014

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So far the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is pleased with an aerostat-based ground surveillance system being used by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) along the southwest border as part of an evaluation of a number of Defense Department assets that are being examined for border security missions, according to Lockheed Martin [LMT] officials. CBP likes that the Lockheed Martin-built Persistent Threat Detection System (PTDS) that the Army has provided CBP flies at higher altitudes for longer times and in…

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