ICE Plans to Spend Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots
ICE plans to buy over $1 million in Boston Dynamics SPOT robots for officer safety, alongside a $16.7 million shock gloves contract.
Department of Homeland Security procurement records show U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend at least $1 million on Boston Dynamics SPOT quadruped robots to improve officer safety. The report also notes a separate contract for 6,000 pairs of electric shock gloves worth $16.7 million. The item is general technology and government procurement news with no cybersecurity or AI security relevance.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to buy at least a million dollars worth of robots from Boston Dynamics, the company that makes the dog-like SPOT robots, with the purpose of improving “officer safety,” according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announcement.
The news shows that ICE continues to spend millions of dollars on new technology. On Thursday, U.S. procurement records showed that ICE has contracted to buy 6,000 pairs of electric shock gloves for $16.7 million, the Associated Press reported.
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