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Teal Drones, a subsidiary of Red Cat Holdings, has signed $1.8 million in contracts with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to provide Teal 2 systems to U.S. Border Patrol.
Red Cat Holdings, Inc. has signed $1.8 million in contracts with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to provide Teal 2 systems to U.S. Border Patrol.
Last October, U.S. Customs and Border Protection ordered 54 Teal drones for U.S. Border Patrol in a contract worth just over $1 million.
The contract with U.S. Customs and Border Protection is part of a Blanket Purchase Agreement with a total estimated value of $90 million over a five-year period.
Red Cat has filled an order from U.S. Customs and Border Protection for 54 units of the Teal 2.