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Contract Awards

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, October 24th, 2012

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CBP Awards General Atomics $128M for UAS O&M Services Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has awarded General Atomics a potential five-year, $128.3 million contract to provide operational and maintenance (O&M) services for the agency’s fleet of Predator and Guardian unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). General Atomics supplies the Predator and the Guardian, which is a maritime surveillance variant of Predator, to CBP. The services consist of procuring air vehicle pilots and mission payload operators, systems, airframe and equipment repairs and modifications,…

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