Firm lands contract to design reconnaissance technology

Intelleuron, LLC has garnered a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate contract to design, develop and test intelligent reconnaissance technology.

Officials said the $199,977 award involves working with small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) in support of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) mission.

“Ensuring the safety of front-line officers and agents is a top priority for both CBP and S&T,” Melissa Ho, SVIP managing director, said. “Technology that identifies threats to CBP agents enables those agents to defuse potentially dangerous situations proactively. We are excited to see how Intelleuron’s technology will evolve over the course of this project.”

The project was awarded under the Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) Other Transaction Solicitation (OTS) authority, officials said, offering funding to non-traditional performers who can provide solutions to some of the toughest threats facing DHS and the homeland security mission.

The plan is to develop capabilities that allow CBP agents to use sUAS to more effectively and safely carry out the border security mission through automatic identification of potential threats, such as armed smugglers. The Intellueron sUAS system is both portable and resilient in all types of terrain and weather, which supports CBP’s deployments of SUAS in rural and remote areas along the border.