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GA Nabs $134 Million MDA Contract For New MQ-9 Sensor

Tuesday, August 21st, 2018

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GA Nabs $134 Million MDA Contract For New MQ-9 Sensor

An armed MQ-9 Reaper taxis down a runway. Photo: U.S. Air Force

The Missile Defense Agency on Monday awarded General Atomics (GA) Electromagnetic Systems a $134 million contract to finish the development, integration, and flight test of an advanced sensor on MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).The sensor and MQ-9 will be used in “realistic test scenarios” both inside and outside the continental U.S., the Defense Department said.Last September MDA awarded GA a $30 million single year contract to continue demonstrating passive MDA-configured MQ-9s (Defense Daily, Sept. 15, 2017).The agency has previously…

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