Nearly three years ago, at the request of the Department of Homeland Security, an Arizona-based technology company conducted a demonstration of a communications balloon that could exponentially ...

The suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach, S.C., February 4, 2023. (Randall Hill/Reuters) ...

Balloons tethered high above the Texas-Mexico border have already assisted Border Patrol agents less than two weeks into their testing period. The captive balloons carry high-tech payloads of ...

High-tech balloons equipped with cameras, tethered far above the Texas-Mexico border, have already assisted Border Patrol agents less than two weeks into their testing.

A large balloon used by US Customs and Border Protection for surveillance along the Texas border broke free and traveled about 600 miles to the north before crashing as high winds swept through ...

PENITAS, Texas (AP) — Near the banks of the Rio Grande, U.S. Border Patrol agents monitor a tethered balloon that carries a camera that can zoom in on a license plate miles away. On a ranch off ...

The new balloon - called Winch Aerostat Small Platform, or WASP - drew the Border Patrol's interest largely to save money. The company says one costs $800,000 plus about $350,000 a year to operate ...

North Korea launched more balloons likely carrying rubbish toward South Korea On Sunday, two days after the South resumed blaring anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the border.

ROMA, Texas – Floating 2,500-feet above scrub-covered U.S. ranchland near the Mexico border, the payload of high-tech cameras onboard a balloon being used by the Border Patrol can easily see a ...

Republicans rap DOD nominee over border, spy balloon. The Air Force pick must "regain confidence" with the GOP, senators said. Melissa Dalton was first nominated for the Air Force job in September ...