USBP-PMOD-Industry Day Briefing-07152025-V1.pdf

INDUSTRY DAY BRIEF ON

TECHNOLOGY NEEDS &

CAPABILITIES

United States Border Patrol (USBP)

July 23, 2025

Program Management Office Directorate (PMOD)

OPENING REMARKS

JUDY SIMPSON

Industry Par tnership and Outreach Program Director

CBP, Office of Acquisit ion

USBP PMOD

INDUSTRY

DAY

WELCOME

& INTRODUCTION

Ruynard Singleton PMOD Executive Director

Ruynard Singleton is the Executive Director of the Program Management Office Directorate (PMOD), overseeing USBP's portfolio of acquisit ion programs that procure technology and infrastructure in support of

USBP’s operational needs and requirements.

GOALS & OBJECTIVES

GOAL: To discuss how USBP and Industry can partner to address capability gaps and enhance USBP's mission to secure the border.

OBJECTIVES:

1. Ensure understanding of USBP’s operating environment

2. Ensure understanding of USBP's technology capabilities and needs

3. Discuss USBP's needs for enhanced services that leverage

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

4. Promote Business Connection as the pathway for further

Industry Engagement

PMOD Organizational Structure

HOW PMOD IS ORGANIZED

Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Support

Executive Office

Mobile Integrated Surveillance Towers

(IST)

Infrastructure Subterranean (SubT)

Communications, Command &

Control (C3)

PAE Support: Assists the PMOD Executive Director with managing the organization and overseeing acquisition programs in accordance with the DHS Acquisition Lifecycle

Framework. Spearheads the development and implementation of the PMOD Strategy to include collaborating with external partners. Oversees cybersecurity compliance within

USBP. Runs the CBP Spectrum Management Office.

LogE: Trusted authority for the application of systems engineering processes, enterprise-wide logistics and facilities, and developmental testing, ensuring that sustained operational readiness of both new and legacy USBP systems.

Strengthens the deployment, sustainment, and maintenance of PMOD’s assets by centralizing logistics and engineering strategies for streamlined and efficient execution.

BMD: Provides expertise across the directorate to facilitate successful acquisition activities of the USBP programs through matrixed resource acquisition and business operations resources. Ensures continuity of mission support operations across the directorate through various administrative resources.

C3: Executes CBP-wide Land Mobile Radio (LMR) system operations, performance monitoring, maintenance and sustainment, installations, coverage remediations, site decommissioning and relocations, multifaceted management of CBP communications; execution of new technology projects in communication deprived environments.

IST: Includes a suite of towers to provide persistent surveillance using electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) video cameras and/or radars to enable the detection, identification, tracking, and classification of incursions.

Subterranean: Provides domain awareness and underground surveillance along the U.S. borders through the expanded use of covert in-ground and above-ground sensors.

Mobile: Delivers surveillance capabilities that will mitigate blind spots created by sudden shifts in border incursions away from fixed and other mobile sensors.

Infrastructure: Manages border wall construction and maintenance to include replacement, systems, roads, gates, and new construction that will deter and prevent illegal entries.

PMOD consists of an executive office, three cross-functional divisions, and five capability-based portfolios. The cross-functional divisions provide common services across the Directorate. The capability-based portfolios deliver and sustain technology and infrastructure to support the USBP mission.

Cross-functional Division Capability-based Portfolio

Business Management Division (BMD) Logistics & Engineering (LogE)

Border Security Investments

New and replacement primary, waterborne and secondary barriers

Access roads

Barrier system attributes, including cameras, lights, sensors, and other detection technology.

Upgrades and procurement of border surveillance technologies along the southwest, northern, and maritime borders.

Unattended Ground

Sensors

Small Unmanned Aircraft

Systems

$46.55B

BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE

AND WALL SYSTEM

Innovative Technology

Integrated Surveillance

Towers

Enforcement Systems

Mobile Counter Unmanned

Aircraft Systems

Conveyance Identification

Capability

Mobile Vehicle Surveillance

Systems

$283.5M Reconciliation Funding

FY25

$2.766B

BORDER SECURITY

TECHNOLOGY

Border Security Technology

Planning for Future Technology Insertion in 3–5 year planning windows

Manufacturing ReadinessTechnology Readiness Operational Suitability

Standardization/CommonalityCyber Readiness Interoperability Standards

Conformance

• > MRL Level 7 at time of integration.

• Domestic production line, capacity, lead-time, supply chain resilience, source of supply, and surge capabilities.

• Open Systems Architecture.

• Compatibility.

• Modularity.

• Space Claim

• Size, Weight and Power.

o TRL 9: Actual system proven through successful mission operations;

o TRL 8: Actual system completed and qualified through test and demo; and, o TRL 7: System prototype demo in an operational environment.

• > TRL Level 7 at time of integration:

• Impact of integrating capabilities on PMOD cybersecurity posture.

• Software and firmware resilience to malicious cyber attacks, spoofing, and jamming.

• Vendor patch management strategy for security vulnerabilities.

• Communications.

• Power.

• Motion and Still Imagery.

• Optical Imaging Sensors.

• Radio Detection and Ranging.

• Passive Radio Frequency

Sensors.

• Optical Fiber and Ground

Sensors.

• Environmental.

• CoT.

• Materiel Availability.

• Materiel Reliability (i.e., Mean

Time Between Failures).

• Mean Downtime.

• Ownership Cost.

• Commonality/Standardization

• Training.

• Warranty.

• Product Support.

PMOD Evaluation of Candidate Technologies

RELIABLE & ROBUST

COMMUNICATIONS AND

BACKHAUL

ADVANCED AUTONOMOUS

DETECTION, IDENTIFICATION,

CLASSIFICATION & TRACKING

INTEGRATED SYSTEMS

Law Enforcement Operations

Division (LEOD)

CAPABILITY NEEDS:

Coastal AOR

MARITIME OPERATIONS

COASTAL WEATHER

Challenges:

• Close proximity to foreign nations (Bahamas – 50 miles; Cuba 90 miles)

• Significant coastline to monitor/respond

Needs:

• Long range surveillance (Towers: Minimum 15-20 Mile Range Radar:

Minimum 50-60 Mile Range)

• Seamless Integration with other agencies (e.g. Coast Guard) and state and local law enforcement for enhanced situational awareness

• Autonomous early detection, identification, classification and tracking of illicit activity

Challenges:

• Saltwater, windy conditions, remote areas and rough seas

• Hurricanes

Needs:

• Weather resilient systems

URBAN ENVIRONMENTS

Challenges:

• Dense residential areas

Needs:

• Advanced AI to identify and track suspicious activity in urban environment

Southern AOR Needs

SIGNIFICANT PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LAND

OWNERSHIP

Challenges:

• Land-owner concerns regarding surveillance equipment with large footprint

• Air space restrictions next to airports and military ranges

Needs:

• Less obtrusive technologies

• Varied technology solutions with multiple deployment methods

VARIED TERRAIN

Challenges:

• Terrain: coastal (cluttered environment), desert (120 degrees, 60 mph winds), mountainous (high elevation)

• Areas with heavy vegetation

• Sporadic weather issues that include heavy fog and dust events

Needs:

• Resilient systems, including power sources, for austere environments

• Self-powered technologies that can be deployed covertly

• Technologies that can penetrate foliage or are tall enough to surveil areas with significant vegetation

• Robust Plug and Play communication methods for both remote and mountainous areas

TASK SATURATION AND RESPONSE

Challenges:

• Maritime and city environments make it difficult to separate normal activity from suspicious activity

• Multiple sensor feeds require separate monitoring, leading to task saturation

• Early warning needed to vector appropriate response

Needs:

• Advanced intelligence to identify suspicious patterns

• Integrated operational picture

• Long-range surveillance

Northern AOR

COMMUNICATIONS

Challenges:

• Communication dead zones (flat terrain, insufficient infrastructure)

• Need to communicate with federal, state, and local partners, as well as

Canadian counterparts

Needs:

• Robust and seamless communication and backhaul to remotely access and utilize CBP applications while on patrol in remote areas.

INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY

Challenges:

• Require agents on the line and not monitoring systems

• Task saturation from multiple sensor feeds

Needs:

• Integrated technology that provides intelligent picture to improve response and increase probability of interdiction

COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT

Challenges:

• Extreme cold weather (50 wind chill and 40 mph wind)

• Technology that freezes up

• Less-effective solar and battery power due to extreme cold and shorter days

• Remote environment extends contractor response time for repairs

Needs:

• Resilient and cold weather-capable technology

• Ability for agents to troubleshoot, repair, and replace

MARITIME OPERATION

Challenges:

• Cluttered maritime environment with short vanishing time

• Riverine environment

Needs:

• Robust equipment to provide domain awareness over vast areas of land (including subterranean), water, and air environments

• Long-range surveillance

• Advanced analytics to identify suspicious activity

Special Operations Group

MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

Requirements:

▪ No dependency on existing infrastructure

▪ Easily portable

▪ Works with Night Vision Goggles

C-UAS CAPABILITIES

Requirements:

▪ Not dependent on Library for identification and mitigation

▪ Dome and Targeting Capability

"SEE-THROUGH" TECHNOLOGY

Requirements:

▪ Ability to detect people within a structure or rubble

INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY

Requirements:

▪ Ability to integrate with other federal, state and local partners

▪ Easily integrated with USBP existing systems

UPGRADED NIGHT VISION CAPABILITY

Requirements:

▪ Ability to filter light sources

▪ Ability for agents to use NVGs with communications devices without having to look outside the frame

The Integrated Surveillance Tower (IST) Portfolio provides persistent surveillance using electro-optical (EO) and infrared

(IR) video cameras with radar to enable the autonomous detection, identification, and tracking of incursions along the Southwest Border.

ISTs will integrate with operational picture for tactical intelligence and control (OPTIC) software to classify the threat level and communicate with Border Patrol Agents (BPA) patrolling an AoR. The IST Portfolio now manages this software project to improve communication and integration with other

USBP sensor programs.

ISTs enhance domain awareness and mission execution

(detect, identify, classify, track). They may overlap or compliment other assets, and can integrate with other technology items like mobile, communications infrastructure, and counter drone technology.

INTEGRATED

SURVEILLANCE TOWERS

(IST)

CURRENT STATE

CAPABILITIES

& NEEDS

INTEGRATED SURVEILLANCE

TOWERS (IST)

Key Takeaway: The IST Portfolio will transition the current inventory of towers to full autonomy

AST/Coastal short range (1.5 mi) autonomous systems with edge computing, radar, day and night cameras; solar powered

RVSS-U medium range (3-5 mi) systems with 60’-

140’ fixed and 80’ to 120’ relocatable towers with day and night cameras

IFT long range ( 5-7.5 mi) systems with 80’-140’ fixed and relocatable towers with radar and day and night cameras

Maritime/Coastal long-range systems (12 mi)

Norther Border RVSS with 80’-140’ fixed towers with maritime radar and day and night cameras

Cold Weather similar to other tower surveillance technologies upgraded hardware to function in lower temperature of northern sectors.

Operational Picture for Tactical Intelligence and

Control – C2 Software platform for sensor integration

FUTURE STATE

Extended autonomous capability to all legacy towers in the IST inventory

Detection and identification data directly feed to systems of record

Reduced cost for access to communications backhaul, such as low earth orbit satellite

Flexible and cost-effective sustainment options

Centralized C2 software integrating all surveillance and sensor date for unified agent experience

Contract

Opportunities

INTEGRATED SURVEILLANCE

TOWERS (IST)

Contract Scope Estimated Release Date

IST Tower Sustainment

Establish a sustainment contract for tower maintenance and repair, spares management, and supply services to sustain high operational availability for select surveillance systems deployed across the U.S. Border Patrol sectors

Q1 FY 2026

Network Operations, Security

Operations, and Call Center

Establish a contract to operate and maintain the existing centralized Network Operations Center (NOC)/Security

Operations Center (SOC) and Call Center (CC) capability;

centralized capability includes the supplied and staffed centralized NOC/SOC/CC operating 24 hours per day, 365 days per year (24x365) and monitoring USBP border security surveillance systems to maintain system mission readiness and operational availability

Q1 FY 2026

IST Services Contract for Data

Storage and Management

Establish a service contract to manage the surveillance and sensor data being transmitted and stored in USBP sector and station environments

Future Opportunity

The Mobile Portfolio provides situational awareness and drone threat mitigation that can be deployed rapidly to respond to changing operational needs.

The portfolio provides mobile capabilities in three main domains:

• Ground

• Air

• Maritime

Additionally, the portfolio provides transportation and guard services for detainees.

MOBILE

& NEEDS

COUNTER-UNMANNED

AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

(C-UAS)

Key Takeaway: As AI/ML matures, the ability of a comprehensive view improves CBP missions.

Cloud-connected sensors

Library-based passive detection

Mobile detection, tracking, identification, and mitigation

Team Awareness Kit (TAK) capable

FUTURE STATE

Integration with other CBP surveillance assets

Non-library passive detection

Reduction of false positive results (birds, other aerial clutter)

Persistent surveillance across the border

Low-collateral kinetic defeat

Mobile connectivity and TAK integration

& NEEDS

SMALL UNMANNED

AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (SUAS)

Key Takeaway: SUAS seeks the continued integration of AI/ML technologies to enhance situational awareness and operational effectiveness.

Provide enhanced situational awareness and rapid response capabilities

Short-, medium-, and long-endurance

SUAS

Utilizing vertical take-off and landing

(VTOL) and hybrid lift systems

Stand alone SUAS solutions

FUTURE STATE

Integrated AI/ML capabilities for detection, tracking, and classification technologies

Enhanced flight capabilities through tethered drones and airspace awareness technologies

Advanced systems integration with current domain awareness systems

Continue to explore evolving technologies and potential use case applications

& NEEDS

MODULAR MOBILE

SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM

(M2S2)

Key Takeaway: M2S2 will provide USBP with next generation capabilities (e.g., AI/ML-driven automation, automated data push-pull using USBP-provided comms, adaptability, remote operation, etc.).

Operators manually scope (camera) or slew-to-cue (radar) to adjudicate possible items of interest (IoIs)

Operators manually input operational usage and other data

Sustainment requires original equipment manufacturer (OEM) intervention, increasing down time

Self-contained C2/user interface requires

OEM intervention, minimizing innovation and adaptability

FUTURE STATE

Extended AI/ML capability to automate detection to reduce strain on operators

Use of continuous communication network to automate the push of operational and usage data

Rapid sustainment through system telematics, diagnostics, and digital feedback loop to enable 3PL/CMLS

Utilization of open architecture (e.g., APIs, SDKs, etc.) for interfaces to enable future sensor suites

Mobile

Contract Scope Estimated Release Date

Advanced autonomous modular mobile surveillance system (M2S2) production, deployment, test, and support

Production of customizable F250 (or equivalent) vehicles equipped with retractable payload mast and sensor suite, on-board signal/data processing

1QTR FY26

Small unmanned aircraft systems as a first responder

Produce, deploy, operate, and maintain small unmanned aircraft systems

1QTR FY26

Counter unmanned aircraft systems electronic countermeasure technologies

Innovative technologies associated with tracking, intercept, and elimination of threats posed by drones entering US airspace and threatening national security

3QTR FY26

The Communications, Command and Control (C3) Portfolio executes CBP-wide Land Mobile Radio (LMR) system operations, performance monitoring, maintenance, and sustainment activities.

The portfolio provides CBP-wide lifecycle management, logistics services, and coordination in the use, encryption, control and maintenance of hand-held portable, satellite and vehicle mobile radios.

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C3 also addresses gaps in communication by deploying new technologies to provide extended coverage and situational awareness in communications denied areas, leveraging COTS technology with existing infrastructure.

Communications, Command and Control

(C3)

& NEEDS

COMMUNICATIONS,

COMMAND & CONTROL (C3)

Key Takeaway: C3 is responsible for deploying and sustaining tactical communications solutions to close communication coverage gaps.

LMR tactical voice communications network infrastructure and portable devices

LMR installations, coverage remediations, site decommissioning/relocations, and modernization

Secure telecommunications protocols and standards for data, voice, and video transmission

Seamless integrated communications and austere communications

FUTURE STATE

Hybrid mix of mature LMR, cellular, satellite, and mobile deployable point solutions

Communication devices capable of voice and data communications with LMR, LTE and satellite, and SOS features, continuously updated to meet security requirements

Reporting and analytics to include remote, real-time visibility into system or device uptime/downtime

COMMUNICATIONS,

COMMAND & CONTROL (C3)

Contract Scope Estimated Release Date

Acquisition and maintenance of

Long-Term Evolution (LTE) radios

To deliver LTE-capable portable radios, to include device, integration services, training, and initial spares.

Q1 FY 2026

Acquisition and maintenance of

LMR relay units To expand communication range and coverage of the LMR system.

Q1 FY 2026

Acquisition and maintenance of mesh wi-fi towers

To enhance communications connectivity, reliability and security.

Q1 FY 2026

Acquisition and maintenance of shelters

To provide voice communications, backhaul capabilities, sustained power, and infrastructure in remote locations. Build shelters, outfit them with required technologies, and transport the shelters to hard-to-reach locations via truck and helicopter, as necessary.

Q4 FY 2026

The Subterranean Portfolio provides domain awareness and underground surveillance along the U.S. borders through the expanded use of covert in-ground and above-ground sensors.

The use of sensing capability provides USBP with “eyes on” in high-traffic, remote areas that may be hard to reach by foot.

Subterranean technology provides an expanded capability to offer situational awareness on many different types of border movement and activities.

SUBTERRANEAN

(SubT)

& NEEDS

UNATTENDED GROUND

SENSORS (UGS)

Key Takeaway: UGS is seeking to update / upgrade and provide sustainment to over 30,000 sensors plus components in the next 5 years, integrate AI from the sensor to the Command and Control Center, and create an end-to-end network.

Detect, track, and identify threats and Items of Interest (IoIs) by using:

• trail cameras

• seismic sensors

• thermal cameras

• magnetic sensors

• passive infrared sensors

• network backhaul communications solutions

• video management solutions (VMS)

FUTURE STATE

Reduced false alarm rates for more accurate detection

Increased identification of threats and IoIs through image and data stream analysis/AI

New solutions for sensors (seismic, laser, imaging, cellular/wireless tracking)

Power production (non-battery

/ Thermoelectric Generation / Solar, etc.) increased battery life

Complete network aggregation; end point to network status of assets, remote scanning, patching and firmware/software updates

& NEEDS

LINEAR GROUND

DETECTION SYSTEM (LGDS)

Key Takeaway: LGDS is planning to deploy over 2100 miles of operational fiber by 2028

(including waterborne deployments along both the northern and southwest border).

In-ground detection and identification through fiber optic technology

Detection and classification of IoIs through machine learning algorithms

Deploying fiber optic infrastructure and seismic sensing technology along the northern and southern borders in support of

USBP operations

FUTURE STATE

Autonomous analytic capabilities and deployable ruggedized solutions for harsh and changing environments

Innovative approaches to seismic detection, fiber repair, and autonomous surveillance

Refined algorithms for better detection and identification to relieve agent burden

& NEEDS

CROSS BORDER TUNNEL

THREAT (CBTT)

Key Takeaway: CBTT is interested in learning about technologies that will assist in detecting underground municipal infrastructure incursions.

Persistent and mobile tunnel detection capabilities

Detect, track, and identify threats and targets of interest through a network of geotechnical sensors

Detection and classification of targets of interest through machine learning algorithms

FUTURE STATE

Characterization of new threats and improved localization by enhancing current algorithms

Sensor enhancement to enable pre-detection, use detection, and exit detection in storm drainage systems

SUBTERRANEAN (SubT)

Contract Scope Estimated Release Date

Imaging UGS (I-UGS) Refresh Provide ~1,000 I-UGS (and required components) per year, for 5 years

Q2 FY 2026

Non-Imaging UGS Refresh Provide ~2,000 A/B-UGS (and required components) per year, for 5 years

Q2 FY 2026

UGS Network Maintenance &

Sustainment

Provide above standard level (USBP-provided) network maintenance and sustainment

Q4 FY 2026

Building, Outfitting, and Transporting

Shelters/Enclosures

Provide communications backhaul capabilities and power in remote locations. Build shelters and enclosures, and outfit them with the required technologies. Transport shelters/enclosures to hard-to-reach locations throughout the southwest border via trucks and helicopters, as necessary.

Q1 FY 2027

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