DefenceTalkThe United States will send an additional 3,750 troops to its frontier with Mexico, the Pentagon said Sunday, as President Donald Trump doubled down on his call for a wall to boost border security. Soldiers were originally deployed to the border under an order Trump gave before midterm elections in November as “caravans” of migrants […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-sends-3750-more-troops-to-mexico-border-pentagon-72103/

DefenceTalkElbit Systems Ltd. announced today that AEL International Ltd., a subsidiary of AEL Sistemas S.A., which is a Brazilian subsidiary of Elbit Systems, was awarded a contract to supply electro-optic observation systems to Savis Tecnologia e Sistemas S.A, a subsidiary of Embraer Defesa & Segurança S.A., wholly-owned by Embraer S.A.. The contract value is in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/elbit-to-supply-electro-optic-observation-systems-for-brazilian-border-protection-47653/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin delivered a P-3 Orion with new Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) modifications to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This is the seventh CBP P-3 the team has delivered ahead of or on schedule from its facility in Greenville, S.C., since July 2010. “This delivery continues to underscore our unique modification, maintenance, repair and overhaul […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-customs-and-border-protection-receives-seventh-upgraded-p-3-orion-47113/