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US-Canada Border Drone Test Streams 5G Video, Launches Counter-Drone Tool

5/14/2026

Summary

Story summary

The initiative labels border monitoring as a “Command and Control: Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance” operation.
The Department of Homeland Security and Defense Research and Development Canada will run drone-vehicle trials on the U.S.–Canada border in November, streaming video over 5G to a command center.
The drill is the first cross-border test since the 2011-2017 CAUSE program.
The directorate launched a counter-drone tool for police in Washington, DC and 11 host states.

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Story summary

The initiative labels border monitoring as a “Command and Control: Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance” operation.
The Department of Homeland Security and Defense Research and Development Canada will run drone-vehicle trials on the U.S.–Canada border in November, streaming video over 5G to a command center.
The drill is the first cross-border test since the 2011-2017 CAUSE program.
The directorate launched a counter-drone tool for police in Washington, DC and 11 host states.