DHS IG: Border surveillance tech should be more effective

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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector general (IG) has reported that the surveillance technology installed along the US borders is not as effective as it should be and it has also found problems in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to patrol borders. The Office of Border Patrol (OBP) within DHS uses cameras and sensors to detect and identify illegal border intrusions, but several limitations of border surveillance and remote assessment and monitoring technology and cost overruns in the procurement of the remote video surveillance (RVS) system has impeded the success of the Integrated Surveillance Intelligence System (ISIS).

Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Border Enforcement Activities, Usage, Technology application, Border patrols, United States. Department of Homeland Security, Drone aircraft, Unmanned aerial vehicles

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R&D team to develop futuristic battlefield RoboDoc

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The Pentagon's R&D team would be developing a new medical robot that would ply the battlefield by performing remote-controlled surgery on the wounded. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) $12 million, two-year contract is an important step towards creating a future generation of battlefield-based unmanned medical treatment systems.

Product development, Contracts & orders received, Contracts & orders let, Contracts, Contract agreement, United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Research robots

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