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Peraton To Continue Supporting DHS Radar Program With $278 Million Award

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 4th, 2020

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Peraton To Continue Supporting DHS Radar Program With $278 Million Award

Peraton supports CBP's Tethered Aerostat Radar System. Photo: CBP

Peraton has received a potential $277.5 million contract from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue providing operations and integrated logistics support for the Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS), which provides security along portions of the U.S. border with Mexico, the Florida Straits and a portion of the Caribbean to counter drug trafficking, human trafficking and smuggling. Peraton has been supporting TARS for more than 10 years and no other bidders emerged for the recompete. CBP is an operational component…

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