Anduril wants both halves of $1.5 DHS counter-UAS contract
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Nick Wakeman
The company secured an award for the services track, but argues it should have also won a spot on the hardware/software portion.
Anduril is unhappy that it did not land spots in both portions of a $1.5 billion Homeland Security Department contract for counter-unmanned aircraft systems.
The company won a position as one of the comprehensive service providers in track two, but did not receive an award in track one for hardware/software and ancillary services.
Anduril is challenging DHS' evaluation of its proposal and argues that it should have received awards for both tracks of the five-year C-UAS vehicle, awarded earlier this month.
Track one winners are BAE Systems, CACI International, Dedreone Defense, D-Fend Solutions, EMS Defense Technologies, Fortem Technologies and Leidos.
Anduril's competitors in track two are Astrion, BAE, Booz Allen Hamilton, General Dynamics IT, Leidos and Parsons Corp.
DHS received 57 offers for track one and 47 for track two. Bidders could pursue both tracks if they wanted to.
Anduril filed its protest on Aug. 12. A Government Accountability Office decision is due by Nov. 20.