U.S. Air Force Awards $263 Million Contract to General Atomics for MQ-9 Reaper Production

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on November 5 announced that it had awarded a $263 million contract ($263,403,355 firm-fixed-price contract) to the General Atomics – Aeronautical Systems Inc. for MQ-9 Reaper production. According to DoD, the contract provides for the production of the MQ-9 Reaper aircraft in the fiscal 2018 production configuration that will be done at Poway,...