CBP small drones program - U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Nov 9, 2020 · Drones provide Border Patrol agents with air support no matter where they are. Instead of having to launch a much larger platform, such as an Air and Marine Operations …
CBP to Test the Operational Use of Small Unmanned Aircraft …
Sep 14, 2017 · WASHINGTON —U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced today that U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) will begin evaluating Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) …
Air and Marine Operations’ Unmanned Aircraft System
Aug 18, 2023 · In 2005, CBP began using the MQ-9 Predator B Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) – marking a leap forward in the use of unmanned systems for CBP by further enhancing …
Drones becoming central to a variety of CBP’s mission sets
Mar 15, 2024 · From border surveillance and related missions to facility and tower inspections to creating training videos, using drones, for internal communications, the agency is using these …
CBP drone deployment DRONELIFE Interview - DRONELIFE
Jan 10, 2025 · CBP’s pilots fly everything from small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS), used to track smugglers crossing the border, to the military-level MQ-9 Predator B drones, which are …
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) program contributes to each of Air and Marine Operations’ (AMO) four operational core competencies: …
CBP Begins Operating ‘Big Wing’ MQ-9 Predator Unmanned Aircraft
Nov 22, 2023 · Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) branch this week began operating one of its MQ-9 Predator unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that …
DHS/CBP Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) | Public Intelligence
Sep 7, 2009 · Provides Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), operations, maintenance, technical support, pilots, and sensor operators to surveil the Southwest border of the United States. …
“Real-Time Situational Awareness”: Chairmen Guest, Strong Open ...
Apr 1, 2025 · Since 2005, the Department of Homeland Security has integrated unmanned aircraft systems into its border security mission. Drones have equipped Customs and Border …
Customs and Border Protection Drones - Bard College
Jan 7, 2015 · Today, almost one hundred years later, a fleet of unmanned aircraft operated by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) surveil the same remote landscape over which …