Federal Government Places Order for Mobile Radar Systems to Monitor Arizona-Mexico Border

Mobile surveillance towers to be part of 28-mile "virtual fence."

The federal government has placed a $4 million order for unmanned mobile surveillance system units with ICx Technologies to be deployed along the southern border of the United States.

ICx Technologies' Cerberus unit is a fully integrated mobile surveillance tower that combines advanced, high-resolution radars with thermal and imaging cameras on a common software platform, thus making it easier to identify and track potential intruders.

ICx has been developing Cerberus jointly with the U.S. Army, RDECOM, CERDEC Night Vision, Electronic Sensors Directorate and Customs and Border Patrol. The win means that ICx is the first company to successfully deploy mobile surveillance system technology along a portion of the Southern border's "virtual fence." The virtual fence is a 28-mile stretch of technology across the Arizona-Mexico border that is expected to help keep people from crossing from Mexico into the United States illegally.