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SRC Sees Delivery Moving Forward Of Counter-Drone Equipment To Qatar

Defense Daily Staff

Monday, June 23rd, 2025

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SRC Sees Delivery Moving Forward Of Counter-Drone Equipment To Qatar

U.S. Army Fixed Site-Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aircraft System Integrated Defeat System. Photo: RTX,

The first international sale of a fixed-site counter-drone system used by the U.S. Army is moving forward, SRC Inc. said on Monday. The $1 billion foreign military sale (FMS) is for the Fixed Site-Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aircraft System Integrated Defeat System (FS-LIDS) used to detect, track, identify, and defeat drones. SRC said it will provide detection and electronic warfare technologies. The FMS of FS-LIDS was approved by the State Department in November 2022 and finalized in May 2025 by…

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