Border Agency Looks to Expand Drone Fleet
Secures five-year deal worth more than $400 million
U.S. Customs and Border Protection last month received its latest unmanned aircraft, but it's a new sole-source contract that could approach a half-billion dollars that offers the latest insight into the agency's vision for its controversial eyes-in-the-sky drone program.
The border agency has locked in a five-year deal with a San Diego-area aeronautical company estimated to be worth as much as $443 million, according to a document posted Nov. 1 on the federal government contracting opportunities website. An estimated $237 million of that would buy up to 14 drones and related equipment. Whether Customs and Border Protection will actually get the money to spend is another question.
(Hat Tip to New York Times Correspondent Damien Cave)
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