Anduril now covers both halves of $1.5B DHS counter-UAS contract

Anduril’s pursuit of a second chance at the product portion of the Homeland Security Department’s $1.5 billion counter-unmanned aircraft systems contract vehicle has resulted in what the company really wanted – an award.

DHS originally awarded the aptly named C-UAS contract in August and gave Anduril a position on track two for comprehensive services. The company was not selected for track one covering hardware and software products, as well as ancillary services.

Anduril subsequently filed a protest challenging DHS’ evaluation of the company’s proposal for track one, which the department agreed to re-evaluate and make a new decision. The Government Accountability Office dismissed the protest three weeks after its original filing.

DHS finalized its addition of Anduril to the product track on Wednesday, according to Sam.gov records. That means Anduril and Leidos are the only two companies competing for work in both tracks of the five-year contract.

Other track one winners include BAE Systems, CACI International, Dedreone Defense, D-Fend Solutions, EMS Defense Technologies and Fortem Technologies. DHS received 57 proposals for the product portion and 47 for the comprehensive services piece.

The department set up the C-UAS contract to stay current with available market solutions that can support use cases such as fixed-location security and mobile response, along with others that emerge over the program’s lifespan.

Track two awardees other than Anduril include Astrion, BAE Systems Inc., Booz Allen Hamilton, General Dynamics IT, Leidos and Parsons Corp.