
Customs and Border Protection in late September awarded Systems Engineering Services, LLC (SES), a potential $259.6 million contract for nine multirole enforcement aircraft land interdiction (MEA LI) aircraft, which will complement the agency’s fleet of 29 MEA aircraft. The initial award to SES, based in Huntsville, Ala., is for $28.2 million and covers the first aircraft, which the award notice says is a prototype. The contract contains four one-year ordering periods. The legacy MEA is supplied by Sierra Nevada Corp.…