The Army is prepared to commit as much as $4.2 billion over the next decade to modernize its tethered surveillance capabilities, awarding a multivendor contract to 10 firms to develop and deliver ...

The Army has finalized its award of a potential 10-year, $4.2 billion contract for aerostat system production and associated services to 10 companies. Each company that submitted a proposal was ...

Gabe Vasquez, D-New Mexico, “and we can do that effectively with various types of technology, including the aerostat which should come online next month right here at the Santa Teresa Border ...

In April 2024, the Army solicited information on potential industry sources that could produce, field and provide sustainment and life cycle services for aerostat systems used to support ...

On Monday afternoon, the aerostat system broke free from its tether during a “severe wind event” on South Padre Island and contact was lost, US Customs and Border Protection said. The agency ...

A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has achieved real-time ...

On Monday afternoon, the aerostat system broke free from its tether during a “severe wind event” on South Padre Island and contact was lost, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.

The Ukrainian developer of military balloons, Aerobavovna is developing a system to counter «Shahed». At the front, Aerobavovna’s balloons relay communications with drones, allowing them to hit ...

A tethered aerostat system, which is a form of radar surveillance blimp used by Customs and Border Protection, was caught in a severe wind event on Monday afternoon, officials say. The wind caused ...

Officials were at first unable to locate the blimp, known as a Tethered Aerostat System, after its communications were lost due to damage from winds. It urged the public to help find it.

A fact sheet from Customs and Border Protection says it uses the Tethered Aerostat Radar System to detect low-altitude aircraft. The hull of the aerostat consists of an upper chamber filled with ...