Customs and Border Protection
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Counter-UAS
Águila Alta: Mexico's Anti-Drone Pact Delivers Zero Results
Three weeks into the joint US-Mexico Águila Alta counter-drone operation at the Tijuana border, Mexico has intercepted zero cartel drones while US forces have downed over 300 this year alone.
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Counter-UAS
Army's $3-a-Shot Laser Cuts Cartel Drone Flights 75% at the Border
A 20kW-class AeroVironment-derived laser mounted on a GM Defense combat vehicle has knocked down 11 cartel-linked drones in 10 days along the Rio Grande Valley, and NORTHCOM says overall drone activity there has fallen roughly 75% since it started firing.
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Counter-UAS
The Air Force Starts Building Its Own Base Defense: A Launcher RFI, and 20-Airman Point Defense Flights
A Wright-Patterson RFI for a transportable launcher that kills cruise missiles and Group 1-5 drones lands the same week the Air Force details new 20-Airman Point Defense Flights trained at Fort Sill — backed by $51.8M in FY26 SUADS buys and a $1.4B FY27 ABADS request.
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Counter-UAS
JIATF-401 Validates CACI SkyValor for Joint-Force-Wide Deployment After Yuma Border Testing
After a two-day live evaluation at MCAS Yuma announced June 7 with Joint Task Force-Southern Border and CBP, the Pentagon's consolidated C-UAS task force cleared CACI's SkyValor system for deployment at any U.S. military installation worldwide — not just the southern border.
