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Contract award for more French Reapers

21st January 2016 - 09:28 GMT | by Beth Maundrill in London

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has been awarded a $43.7 million contract for the production of a MQ-9 Reaper for the French Air Force as part of the second batch currently on order. 

The contract, which was as part of a sole-source acquisition, follows an order for a third batch placed by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) in December 2015. The contract was awarded as part of a foreign military sale by the US Department of Defence and the manufacture will be carried out in Poway, California.

To date General Atomics has delivered three Predator B/MQ-9 Reapers to the French

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