Management
Border Protection Command uses surveillance and response assets assigned from the Australian Defence Force and Customs and Border Protection. Surveillance assets currently available to Border Protection Command include:
- Commercial satellite imagery for the Southern Ocean;
- Customs and Border Protection contracted aircraft;
- Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft;
- Army Regional Force Surveillance Unit patrols;
- Customs and Border Protection patrol vessels (Australian Customs Vessels);
- Customs and Border Protection contracted patrol vessels (the ACV Triton, ACV Ocean Protector and ACV Ashmore Guardian);
- Royal Australian Navy (RAN) patrol boats; and
- Other Defence and contracted response assets as required and assigned.