# Presentation: 294362

## Office ofCustoms and Border Protection Air and Marine

**CBP Air and Marine**
*FAA UAS Tech Conference*
- Presented by:	Michael J. Pitts	Director, UAS Program Office	U.S. Customs and Border Protection	Office of CBP Air and Marine
- January 2007

**Notes:**
Last Update:  11/22/02

## National Strategy for Homeland Security

**Homeland Security is a concerted national effort to prevent****terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America’s****vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage****and recover from attacks that do occur.**

**Michael Chertoff**
**Secretary of Homeland Security**
*February 2005 to Present*

**National Strategy for Homeland Security**

**National Capital Region**

## Department of Homeland Security

**FEMA**

**TSA**

**CBP**

**USSS**

**CIS**

**USCG**

**ICE**

## U.S. Customs and Border Protection Securing the Borders and Preventing Acts of Terrorism

## CBP Air and Marine

**World’s largest law enforcement air****and marine force**
**Providing critical components of America’s homeland security**
**Interdicting the illegal entry of terrorists, weapons of mass destruction, undocumented aliens, and contraband **
**Operating 261 aircraft of 20 different types including commercial, military and UAV systems**
**Operating 215 marine vessels of various types in riverine, Great Lakes and coastal environments**

## Diverse Infrastructure Securing the BorderAviation Operations

** ****43 Operational locations**
**   ****2 Training locations**
**   ****2 Radar/Communication locations**

## Diverse Infrastructure Securing the BorderMarine Operations

** ****37 Operation locations**
**   ****1 Training location**

## CBP Air and Marine Operations CenterRiverside, CA

- CBP Air and Marine Operations Center*Riverside, CA*

_**AMOC Center of Excellence**_
**A 24-hour multi-agency coordination****center for air and marine detection,****monitoring, and interdiction operations**

## UAVs Introduced to Border Protection Missionin 2004

- UAVs Introduced to Border Protection Missionin 2004

**Ground Based Border Patrol Agents****secure our borders and coastlines**
**Unmanned Aerial Vehicles introduced****to augment surveillance capability****overhead**
**Hermes flew four months with 590****flight hours and 1,678 detections**
**Hunter flew three months with 329****flight hours and 556 detections**
**UAVs complement crewed air assets****and afford greater capability for****ground interdiction effort**

## Predator B Unmanned Aircraft SystemEntered Service in 2005

- Predator B Unmanned Aircraft System*Entered Service in 2005*

**Altitude: 50,000 ft. MSL max**
**Endurance: 30 hours on-station time**
**Speed: 250 KTAS**
**Payload capacity:****800 lbs. nose/3000 lbs. external**
**Lynx SAR and MX-15 EO/IR Detection****and monitoring capability**

## Initial Predator B Operations Highly Successful

**Operational Oct 2, 2005 through April 24, 2006**
**959 hours flown**
**2,309 arrests made**
**8,267 pounds of****marijuana seized**
**4 vehicles seized**

## CBP 101 MQ-9Lost in Human Factors Accident  

**CBP 101 crashed April 24, 2006**
**Preliminary NTSB report attributes****crash to pilot error**
**Lessons learned documented and incorporated into flight training**
**Return to flight mission planning****under way**

## Second CBP Predator B delivered September 2006
Verification and validation and limited operational test and evaluation completed October
Enhanced configuration includes Ku-band satellite, MTS-A EO/IR, and ARC 210 and Wulfsberg radios
Returned to operational missions along Southwest border in November

**Verification and validation and limited operational test and evaluation completed October**
**Enhanced configuration includes Ku-band satellite, MTS-A EO/IR, ****and ARC 210 and Wulfsberg radios**
**Returned to operational missions along Southwest border in November**

- UAS Returned to Flight October 2006

## CBP Air and Marine UAS InvestmentsContinue to Grow

**$10M recurring for unmanned aircraft systems**
**FY 2006 President’s Emergency Supplemental****added $45M for 2 Predator Bs with Ku-band****infrastructure**
**2007 take delivery of CBP 101’s replacement****and third and fourth UAS**
**FY 2007 Homeland Security Appropriations bill****provides $20M for 2 additional UAS’s**

## Strategic UAS Vision

**Unmanned Aircraft****Systems Provide****Key Border Protection Multiplier!**

**Launch and recover****from tactical field****locations**
**Command and control****from integrated Air****and Marine Operations****Center (AMOC)**
**Provide augmented ISR capability for securing****the nation’s border**
**Opportunity for interagency****cooperation between DHS/DOD in homeland security missions **

## Southwestern Border Region: Sierra Vista, AZ

**Continue operations****on Southwest Border**
**Augment crewed aircraft****and ground interdiction****agents**
**Launch and recover****from Libby Army Airfield, Sierra Vista, AZ**
**Command and control****from Air and Marine Operations Center****(AMOC)****in Riverside, CA**

- Southwestern Border Region: *Sierra Vista, AZ*

## Northern Border Region:Grand Forks, ND

- Northern Border Region:*Grand Forks, ND*

**Establish Northern Border Region UAS Operations Center (demonstration****in Fall 2007)**
**Partnership with DoD****and North Dakota Air National Guard**
**Focus on border security, interagency training and standardization, and homeland security-defense**
**Launch and recover with command and control from AMOC or line-of-site**

## Southeastern Coastal Region:Florida

**Establish Southeast Coastal Region UAS Operations Center (surge operation in Spring 2007)**
**Partnership with DHS****and U.S. Coast Guard**
**Focus on maritime security and legacy missions in the transit****and arrival zones**
**Launch and recover with command and control****from AMOC or P-3 Orion**

- Southeastern Coastal Region:*Florida*

## CBP on the Leading Edge of UAS Exploitation

**Flying proven operational system with integrated sensors****and  redundant command and control features**
**Flying at night along the nation’s borders in restricted corridors**
**Flown under oversight and command and control of the AMOC****with support of FAA radar systems**
**Flying critical national security missions helping to pave the way****for future UAS applications**

**Unmanned Aircraft Systems Provide Key Contribution****to Secure Border Initiative!**

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