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 by Ed Adamczyk Washington (UPI) Mar 27, 2019
Belgium's armed forces received approval to buy General Atomics Aeronautical Systems' MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones, the Defense Department announced. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency, a division of the Department of Defense, said on Tuesday it received approval from the State Department for the sale. The $600 million sale would include four MQ-9B remote piloted aircraft, as well as tracking systems, navigation systems, radar and other ancillary devices and training to support five years of performance. The equipment, whose sale must be approved by the U.S. Congress, is meant to support the security of Belgium, a NATO ally. Belgium in November selected the SkyGuardian and General Atomics started negotiating with the Pentagon for the sale. General Atomics also announced on March 19 it would start identifying developers and suppliers in Belgium to develop the platform there. "This potential sale enhances the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capability of the Belgian military in support of national, NATO, United Nation-mandated, and other coalition operations. Commonality of ISR capabilities increases interoperability between the U.S. and Belgian military and peacekeeping forces," the DSCA statement said. The MQ-9B is the latest generation of General Atomics' multi-mission Predator B fleet of drones -- the SkyGuardian is designed for civil airspace SeaGuardian for maritime surveillance. The platform demonstrated its capabilities by becoming, in July 2018, the first medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial system to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean.
General Atomics awarded $19.7M for French MQ-9 Reaper support Washington (UPI) Mar 25, 2019 General Atomics has been awarded an $8.9 million contract to produce and integrate weapons on the French Air Force's MQ-9 Block 1 aircraft. The foreign military sale comes under an undefinitized contract action for the production and integration of the kits for the remotely piloted aircraft, the U.S. Air Force announced Friday. The Reaper is the ninth in the series of remotely piloted aircraft system. The first one was the MQ-1 Predator. Crusing at a speed of around 230 mph, the R ... read more
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