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$215,851,905

Department of Homeland Security·U.S. Customs and Border Protection

to ELBITAMERICA, INC.

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WORK BEGAN2026-03-03·LATEST ACTION2026-05-28·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_70B02C26C00000008_7014_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

PERSISTENT SURVEILLANCE AND DETECTION EXTENSION

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Extends persistent surveillance and detection capabilities for U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations along the border.

Sub-sectors
border-securitysurveillance-technologycbp-operations
Why this matters

Surveillance infrastructure is critical to CBP's border enforcement mission; this $216M extension signals sustained investment in detection technology.

Supply-chain signal

Elbit Systems (Israeli defense contractor) is a primary supplier of border surveillance systems to U.S. government; this contract sustains their role in CBP's technology ecosystem.

U.S.–China competition angle

Border surveillance technology is part of broader U.S. security posture; persistent detection systems compete with Chinese surveillance exports in global markets.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-28. Cost: $0.002841.

Period of performance
Start
2026-03-03
End
2028-09-29
Status
activein 822 days
Sources

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