NORTHCOM highlights AI investments for border security in unfunded list

By Tony Bertuca / July 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
U.S. Northern Command has sent Congress an unfunded priorities list totaling $35 million and highlighting unmet needs for artificial intelligence to reduce the manpower burden at the southern border, according to documents obtained by Inside Defense . The amount is similar to what NORTHCOM submitted last year . Gen. Gregory Guillot, chief of NORTHCOM and North American Aerospace Defense Command, told lawmakers in a recent letter that the commands’ top priorities continue to be securing the U.S. southern border and...

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