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SRC Nabs $90 Million Air Force Counter UAS Contract

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, August 26th, 2020

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SRC Nabs $90 Million Air Force Counter UAS Contract

SRC Silent Archer counter-drone operating concept. Image: SRC, Inc.

The Air Force on Monday awarded SRCTec a potential $90 million contract to continue providing counter small unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) capabilities under the services’ Medusa program. The award, which includes an initial $2.1 million task order, follows previous awards the Air Force has made to the company that past few years totaling around $70 million for C-UAS systems and support. SRCTec is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the non-profit research and development company SRC, Inc. Under the latest award, the…

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