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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, September 6th, 2022

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Contract Awards

A DJI Phantom 4. These recreational drones can be used for illegal activity near airports, borders and be a threat or a nuisance to critical infrastructures. Photo: DJI

OSI Systems Gets $22M Order to Service Inspection Systems OSI Systems [OSIS] says it has received a $22 million order to provide service, maintenance, and spare parts support for various of its Rapiscan cargo and vehicle inspection systems deployed internationally. The company says the inspection systems are used for border security. The customer wasn’t disclosed. Black Sage to Provide C-UAS Systems to International Airport Black Sage Technologies says it has received a multi-million-dollar, multi-year contract to supply counter-unmanned aircraft systems…

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