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U.S. To Push MTCR Changes For More UAS Sales

Friday, September 7th, 2018

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U.S. To Push MTCR Changes For More UAS Sales

General Atomics' SkyGuardian, a variant of its Type-Certifiable Predator B UAV. Photo: General Atomics.

A top State Department official on Friday said the U.S. will push for changes to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) guidelines on unmanned aerial systems (UAS) exports in the next annual meeting.Andrea Thompson, under secretary of state for arms control and international security, told reporters at a Defense Writers Group breakfast that officials will push for the changes during the upcoming November annual MTCR plenary session.Thompson argued that if the U.S. is not in a region able to sell…

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