S&T held its first tour of Camp Shelby, Mississippi to view
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outdoor space and building facilities for land-
based testing and training with drones and robots.
May 2018 Edition
The site, available since August 2017 through a con-
tract partnership with the Army National Guard, is in-
tended for DHS components and other federal agen-
cies.
Those agencies include U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP), the USCG, U.S. Secret Service
(USSS), Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment (ICE), as well as the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation (FBI), and S&T’s First Responders Group
(FRG).
(Learn More. Posted on Aug 23, 2017)
”The Camp Shelby site has villages and rough terrain to
use for different types of scenarios,” said Tim Bennett, S&T
Program Manager for air-based technologies to address
land and maritime border security.
“Any federal agency that is interested in demonstrating or
The site is a cost-effective alternative for the agen- evaluating, not only drones but also ground robotics, can
cies, requiring only necessary test expenses.
go there.”
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