The US Senate approved $46 billion border security package on new military equipment, additional fencing and other security needs to tighten the US-Mexican security border. Some see this measure as a new opportunity for defense contractors who suffer from the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, while Mexico complaints that these measures are counterproductive and will not “contribute to the development of the competitive region that both countries seek to promote”.
Six Northrop Grumman airborne radar systems that cost $9.3 million each, 15 Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters that average more than $17 million apiece, eight AS-350 models Black Hawk helicopters with digital cockpit, eight light enforcement helicopters made by American Eurocopter that sell for about $3 million each, 17 UH-1N helicopters made by Bell Helicopter, 4,595 unattended ground sensors, 104 radiation isotope identification devices, 53 fiber-optic tank inspection scopes, four new drones, on top of 10 unmanned aircraft that the Border Patrol already owns, are on the US Border Patrol’s wish list, according to the Washington Post.
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