United States, Federal prison facilities
Federal Bureau of Prisons
UAS threat detector near prison facilities
OperationalOfficial publicationPAI-079ABDC0
- Body
- Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Country
- United States
- Area
- Federal prison facilities
- Technology
- UAS threat detector near prison facilities
- Supplier
- Not stated in the source
- Status
- Operational
In routine use by the named body, on the evidence of a public source. - Stage
- In use now
- Since
- Not known
- Legal basis
- Not stated in the source
- Oversight
- Not stated in the source
- Evidence
- Official publication
Police force, government department or public body publication - Source
- Office of Management and Budget, 2025 federal AI use case inventory (DOJ-0169)
- Last checked
- Record code
PAI-079ABDC0
Notes
The Justice Department's 2025 AI use case inventory (entry DOJ-0169, as consolidated by the Office of Management and Budget) lists 'UAS Threat Detector' as deployed. The entry says the system detects and analyses unmanned aircraft near Bureau of Prisons facilities to judge whether they threaten an institution, giving identification and location. It gives an operational date of September 2023, names no vendor and classes the use as high-impact.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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