Manufacturer catalog

SRC Inc.

SRC Inc. is a U.S. not-for-profit research, development, services, and manufacturing organization focused on defense, intelligence, environmental, radar, electronic-warfare, and counter-UAS work. Founded in 1957 and headquartered in the Syracuse, New York area, SRC supports U.S. and allied customers with sensor systems, electronic attack, software, systems engineering, and high-reliability production through its SRC family of companies.

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SRC traces its origin to Syracuse University Research Corporation, formed in 1957, and later became an independent New York-chartered research and development corporation. The company describes its mission as delivering advanced defense solutions and products through R&D, services, and manufacturing while reinvesting earnings into technology, employees, and communities.

Within the public weapons catalog, SRC is most visible through the U.S. Army Low, Slow, Small UAS Integrated Defeat System family. SRC's LIDS material identifies radar, electronic warfare, direction finding, and camera systems as parts of the counter-UAS architecture, while RTX reporting identifies Syracuse Research Corporation's electronic-warfare system as an integrated element alongside KuRFS, Coyote, and FAAD C2.

Counter-UAS systemsRadar and sensing systemsElectronic warfareDefense research and developmentHigh-reliability defense manufacturing

Notable Systems

Fixed Site LIDS (FS-LIDS), Fixed-site counter-UAS system, Air Defense

Fixed Site LIDS (FS-LIDS)

Fixed-site counter-UAS system

SRC identifies LIDS as a U.S. Army counter-UAS family using radar, electronic warfare, direction finding, and camera systems. The fixed-site catalog record covers the static or relocatable configuration linked to SRC-supported sensing and electronic-warfare components.

Sources: SRC LIDS Counter-UAS Technology, LIDS Family of Systems Brochure
Mobile LIDS (M-LIDS), Mobile counter-UAS system, Air Defense

Mobile LIDS (M-LIDS)

Mobile counter-UAS system

The SRC LIDS family brochure describes mobile LIDS capability and its electronic-warfare, kinetic, radar, command-and-control, and camera layers. The catalog's mobile LIDS record links SRC to that mobile counter-UAS architecture.

Sources: LIDS Family of Systems Brochure, Meet the US Army's LIDS

Manufacturer History

  1. Syracuse University research corporation formed

    SRC's corporate overview and company sheet say the organization was founded in 1957; the company sheet describes its formation by Syracuse University as Syracuse University Research Corporation.

    Sources: SRC overview, About SRC

  2. Independent Syracuse Research Corporation emerges

    SRC's company sheet says the organization spun off from Syracuse University in the 1970s and became an independent organization known as Syracuse Research Corporation.

    Sources: About SRC

  3. SRCTec manufacturing subsidiary formed

    SRC's company sheet says SRCTec, LLC was formed in 2006 as a high-tech manufacturing subsidiary.

    Sources: About SRC

  4. SRC Inc. name adopted

    SRC's company sheet says Syracuse Research Corporation officially changed its name to SRC, Inc. in 2009.

    Sources: About SRC

  5. LIDS counter-UAS role documented

    SRC's LIDS page and brochure document its support to the U.S. Army LIDS family with radar, electronic warfare, direction finding, and camera systems for Group 1 to 3 UAS threats.

    Sources: SRC LIDS Counter-UAS Technology, LIDS Family of Systems Brochure

Predecessors
Syracuse Research CorporationSyracuse University Research Corporation
Subsidiaries
SRCTec, LLC
Website links
Official websiteSRC overviewLIDS Counter-UAS Technology

SRC is a not-for-profit defense R&D and manufacturing organization rather than a conventional public defense prime. Public sources describe its LIDS role mainly through subsystem and family-of-systems language, so this profile links only to published catalog records where the SRC connection is directly supported.

Manufacturer Sources

  • SRC overviewPublisher: SRC Inc. | Note: Supports SRC's identity as an independent New York-chartered not-for-profit R&D corporation, its 1957 founding, headquarters in Syracuse, customer areas, and notable product areas. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • About SRCPublisher: SRC Inc. | Note: Supports SRC's mission, R&D/services/manufacturing structure, Syracuse University origin, 1970s independence, SRCTec formation, and 2009 name change. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • SRC Syracuse headquartersPublisher: SRC Inc. | Note: Supports the North Syracuse headquarters location. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • SRC LIDS Counter-UAS TechnologyPublisher: SRC Inc. | Note: Supports SRC's LIDS role, including radar, electronic warfare, direction finding, camera systems, AN/TPQ-50, CUAEWS, and EO/IR camera context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • LIDS Family of Systems BrochurePublisher: SRC Inc. | Note: Supports LIDS fixed-site and mobile counter-UAS architecture, modular open architecture, Group 1 to 3 UAS threat set, and integration of FAAD C2, electronic warfare, Coyote, radar, and camera elements. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Meet the US Army's LIDSPublisher: RTX | Note: Corroborates LIDS as an Army counter-UAS solution and identifies Syracuse Research Corporation's electronic-warfare system as one element integrated with KuRFS, Coyote, and FAAD C2. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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Fixed Site LIDS (FS-LIDS), Fixed-site counter-UAS system, Air DefenseFixed Site LIDS (FS-LIDS)Fixed-site counter-UAS systemBuilt in: United StatesFixed Site LIDS (FS-LIDS) is the U.S. Army's fixed-site Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aircraft System Integrated Defeat System, built to protect bases and other static sites from small drones. Official SRC, RTX, Army, and U.S. arms-sale reporting describe it as a layered counter-UAS architecture that combines radar and EO/IR sensors, FAAD C2 command-and-control, electronic-warfare defeat, fixed Coyote launchers, and Coyote Block 2 interceptors.