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Contracts: Alliant Awarded $78 million contract to "missionize" three CBP maritime patrol aircraft
By Louis Chunovic, Senior Editor
Published August 4th, 2008
Minneapolis-based
Alliant Techsystems has been awarded a contract by the Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) unit to retrofit three additional aircraft with Alliant 's proprietary integrated Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance system. The three Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) will be based at various locations in the U.S. and used by CBP's Air and Marine Operations to monitor drug trafficking and illegal immigration. They will also be available to perform search and rescue missions when required. These will be the fifth, sixth and seventh aircraft Alliant delivers to the CBP in support of its border patrol mission. According to the company, Alliant 's sensor suite allows the MPA aircraft to simultaneously detect numerous activities of interest at substantial stand-off range. Flight station operators using the arrays of sensors, displays and data links can transmit critical data and intelligence instantaneously to ground and airborne control centers to assist in the interception and investigation of vehicles, aircraft or persons of interest. The aircraft also records the data and imagery, which can subsequently be used for intelligence, investigation and prosecution. All of the work will be performed at Alliant 's Fort Worth, TX, facility.
Stamford, CT-based
L-1 Identity Solutions has put $215 million, five-year value on its recent Department of State prime contract award for the U.S. Passport Card. L-1 has been awarded $24.8 million over five years for the new U.S. Border Crossing Card (BCC), as part of an expansion to the U.S. Passport Card program. Together, the value of the prime contract award, combined with the BCC award, brings the value of the L-1 contract to $239 million over five years. The DoS anticipates issuing up to 10 million border crossing cards to qualified Mexican visa applicants over the next five years, according to the company.
Lenexa, KS-based
ICOP Digital, Inc., has received purchase orders from two new law enforcement customers in Alabama and Ohio for its ICOP Model 20/20(R)-W digital in-car video systems. ICOP shipped 35 units to a law enforcement agency in Alabama that operates a 40-car patrol fleet and 15 units to an Ohio-based law enforcement agency operating a fleet of 22 patrol cars. The orders totaled $176,000 and $76,000, respectively.
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