DefenceTalkThe US Defense Department announced Monday it would deploy around 320 additional troops to the southern border with Mexico to support immigration officials. The troops, set to deploy until the end of September, will add to around 2,900 active duty military and 2,000 National Guard members currently posted to the border. Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-to-send-320-more-troops-to-us-mexico-border-72285/

DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Egypt for Border Security Mobile Surveillance Sensor Security System and associated equipment, parts and logistical support for an estimated cost of $100 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on July 7, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/egypt-to-buy-border-security-mobile-surveillance-sensor-security-system-64862/

DefenceTalkLeaders from the 201st and 203rd Afghan National Army Corps, Afghan Border Police zones 301 and 402, the 11th Pakistan Army Corps, and a delegation from Resolute Support headquarters discussed border security at an event hosted by Train, Advise, Assist Command – East, or TAAC-E, at Operational Base Fenty in Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2015. For […]https://www.defencetalk.com/afghan-pakistani-military-leaders-coordinate-border-security-62186/

DefenceTalkUruguay Border Monitoring System Project (UBOMS), which began in 2013 with the signature of the contract between General Command of Uruguayan Army and Aselsan A.Ş., was completed with success, and the Aselsan Mobile Border Security System was delivered to the Uruguayan Army. The sensors and all units enclosed in the Aselsan Mobile Border Security System […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uruguay-deploys-turkish-border-surveillance-61287/

DefenceTalkRaytheon was awarded a Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) border security contract valued at $35.9 million. Under the nearly three-year base contract, Raytheon will design, develop and implement an integrated surveillance system along parts of the Jordanian border. Also, the contract requires Raytheon to provide training, maintenance and repair, as well as equipment. “Raytheon’s global […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-awarded-dtra-border-security-contract-47466/