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Citadel Defense Gets $6 Million from DoD for C-UAS System

Kelsey Reichmann

Thursday, August 12th, 2021

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Citadel Defense Gets $6 Million from DoD for C-UAS System

Citadel Defense was awarded a contract to build and deploy a C-UAS system for sensitive government locations. (Citadel Defense)

The Department of Defense awarded Citadel Defense a $6 million contract to build and supply a new AI-powered counter unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) system that will be developed using feedback from military operators and first responders, the company said on Aug. 12. The new system built for this contract will be fixed for site protection and will be used at sensitive government locations and be operated by military personnel and first responders. The specific customer within the DoD who purchased…

Congress

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Congress

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Army

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