Peraton has been awarded a $174.6 million contract to help the U.S. Customs Border and Protection manage an airborne detection and monitoring system used in air, maritime and ground surveillance. The ...

QinetiQ Group‘s U.S. subsidiary has secured a potential five-year, $170 million contract to help Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations manage and sustain an airborne detection and ...

To support national security missions along the southern border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection awards TARS to Avantus Federal (now QinetiQ US). The team will provide operations and sustainment ...

AEROSTAT SURVEILLANCE: U.S. Customs and Border Protection has taken over responsibility for the Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS) from the U.S. Air Force. Operating in the U.S. since 1978, TARS ...

A large tarp-like item fell from the sky in Quinlan, Texas on Tuesday night. U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations is investigating. The item has been identified as an Air and ...

ZAPATA, Texas (Border Report) — A massive tethered air surveillance blimp hovers over the skies of the rural ranching town of Zapata, Texas. Locals noticed the Tethered Aerostat Radar System earlier ...

Budget agreement transfers money from the military to Homeland Security to sustain the aerostat program. A bill to end the government shutdown signed into law early Thursday by President Obama ...