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Ammunition boost for US Reapers
General Atomics has been awarded a contract with the US Air Force to integrate laser small diameter bombs onto the MQ-9 Reaper UAS.
The contract, announced on 28 November, is worth almost $17.5 million and will see the Guided Bomb Unit 39B/B (GBU-39B) integrated onto the air force’s ...
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