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Belgium Picks General Atomics MQ-9B For High-Altitude Surveillance

Monday, November 19th, 2018

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Belgium Picks General Atomics MQ-9B For High-Altitude Surveillance

A General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian in flight. (Photo courtesy of GA-ASI)

Belgium's government has approved the start of negotiations for the purchase of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) MQ-9B SkyGaurdian.As it is a foreign military sale from California-based General Atomics, the Belgian and U.S. governments must negotiate terms under which the sale will take place.The MQ-9B is the newest version of GA-ASI's MQ-9 Reaper, or Predator B drone, available in both a baseline variation and a maritime surveillance variation, dubbed the SeaGuardian. The new version was updated to meet NATO…

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