DHS Wants a Fleet of AI-Powered Surveillance Trucks

US border patrol is asking companies to submit plans to turn standard 4x4 trucks into AI-powered watchtowers--combining radar, cameras, and autonomous tracking to extend surveillance on demand. A US Customs and Border Protection agent stands guard as hundreds of protesters gather near an ICE facility opposing the detention of undocumented immigrants. The US Department of Homeland Security is seeking to develop a new mobile surveillance platform that fuses artificial intelligence, radar, high-powered cameras, and wireless networking into a single system, according to federal contracting records reviewed by WIRED. The technology would mount on 4x4 vehicles capable of reaching remote areas and transforming into rolling, autonomous observation towers, extending the reach of border surveillance far beyond its current fixed sites. The proposed system surfaced Friday after US Customs and Border Protection quietly published a pre-solicitation notice for what it's calling a Modular Mobile Surveillance System, or M2S2.