Author: Joanna Crews|| Date Published: May 17, 2018
General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has secured a potential six-year, $206 million contract to retrofit the latest variant of the U.S. Air Force‘s MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles.
USAF will obligate $40.9 million in fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement funds at the time of award.
The service branch deployed Reaper’s Block 5 version in June of last year to support a combat mission as part of Operation Inherent Resolve.
The UAV features electrical and communications systems and can be equipped with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs and GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munitions.
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General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has secured a potential six-year, $206 million contract to retrofit the latest variant of the U.S. Air Force‘s MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles.
