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Firms Bid On CBP’s Surveillance Tower Program

Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

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All five of the top United States defense companies recently submitted bids in a competition to construct and deploy a series of fixed surveillance towers integrated with command and control systems along select portions of the nation’s southwest border with Mexico to help stem the flow of illegal immigration and drug smuggling into the United States. Boeing [BA], General Dynamics [GD], Lockheed Martin [LMT], Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Raytheon [RTN] this week all confirmed that they are bidding for Customs…

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