The engineering services firm Parsons on Monday said it has received two competitive task orders from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to provide integrated border security solutions for the governments of Lebanon and Georgia.
Under the Lebanon Border Security Project, Parsons will help the Lebanese government better secure its 233-mile border with Syria. Work will include network integration of border-security surveillance equipment, procurement of new equipment, and training on equipment and with operating concepts to enhance command and control capabilities, communications, surveillance, detection of weapons of mass destruction, and interdiction.
For Georgia, the Land Border Security Project will initially focus on that country’s border with Armenia, with later expansion to its borders with Turkey and Azerbaijan. This project will include delivery of surveillance equipment, integration, training, renovation and construction of border facilities, and development of a sustainment program.
The value of the task orders was not disclosed. DTRA awarded the work under its Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrating Contract (CTRIC) II contract. Parsons said it has done similar border security work for DTRA in the past and has done this type of work for United States Customs and Border Protection.
The agency has awarded similar task orders to Raytheon [RTN] under CTRIC to help secure Jordan’s borders.