US Customs and Border Protection unveiled its new Predator B unmanned aerial vehicle to help monitor illegal immigration activity along the Arizona/Sonora border.

The $14 million project will include the plane and a pilot and maintenance team, initially leased from a company in San Diego. After one year, Border Patrol will have its own pilot and maintenance team.

Predator B will be used to help Border Patrol agents on the ground monitor areas of illegal migrant activity where the terrain is difficult to access, such as the Chiricahua Mountains and the Buena Vista Wildlife Refuge.