LOS ANGELES (YBH.ME) High tech remote-piloted drone aircraft will be deployed along the California-Mexican border, and off the Pacific coast. The 2 aircraft will be used to search for smuggled narcotics and humans coming in by land and sea. Customs Bureau spokesman Mario Villarreal said the aircraft will greatly aid ground operations.

Remote Piloted Aircraft Help Law Enforcement
The planes off the coast are equipped with radar and visual recognition technology, developed and supplied by San Diego-based General Atomics. GA has been working in nuclear and specialized technology since 1955, often under government contract. U.S. Customs and Border agents also routinely use AS350 “A-Star” helicopters with on-board satellite tracking systems and night vision capabilities. Border patrol officers have, in addition, stepped up enforcement by camping for 30 day stretches deep in wilderness areas so as to patrol on foot and horseback.
Kimberly Casitz, a spokeswoman for General Atomic, explains that the drone is manned by an on-the-ground team. “It’s like a cockpit,” she said. “Someone is flying the aircraft; the other one is handling all the sensors, cameras and radar.”
The faltering U.S. economy is less of a siren call for illegal immigration, but drug smuggling is for the most part unabated.
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