SBInet demo planned for northern border

The Homeland Security Department plans to showcase its SBInet border surveillance system in an upcoming Northern Border Demonstration in the Detroit and Great Lakes areas. Customs and Border Protection officials recently met with Canadian authorities, and separately with Michigan and Ohio law enforcement agents, to develop the plans for the first demonstration of the surveillance system along the Canadian border, DHS officials said. SBInet, which stands for Secure Border Initiative Network, is the department’s program to use radars, sensors, cameras and other technologies to create 24-hour networked surveillance system along the U.S. borders. Boeing Co., the prime contractor for SBInet, is installing the first 28-mile section along the Arizona-Mexico border.
(Washington Technology story)