The US State Department has approved sale of Predator B Remotely Piloted Aircraft, equipment, training, and support for $1 billion to the United Kingdom. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on November 16, 2016, DSCA said in a startement Thursday
Chinas CH-5 combat/reconnaissance drone, touted by Chinese experts as a competitor to the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, may have found its first international customer following Beijing giving the green signal for the drones export. "Several foreign nations have expressed intentions to purchase the CH-5, and we are in talks with them," Shi Wen, chief designer of the Caihong, or Rainbow, series at the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics in Beijing was quoted as saying by the official China Daily ahead of the Air Show China 2016
China is targeting Middle-East and African countries to win export contracts for its unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). Nanyang Technology is acquiring the Caihong (Rainbow) series of UAVs from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)
CAE has won C$120 million (US$91.9 million) defense contracts to provide a range of training services and simulation product upgrades for global military customers
General Atomics has won a $9.6 million U
General Atomics has won a $370 million US Air Force contract to produce 30 MQ-9 Reaper drones. The company's H30 aircraft will be delivered by May 31, 2019, the US Defense Department announced
The US Air Force is eyeing to develop a force of small drones to meet future missions at lower costs to beat enemy missiles. "We already know today that we will have MQ-1s and MQ-9s in scenarios where [we] can't get below the weather," Lt
L-3 Link has won a contract to build 34 new Predator Mission Aircrew Training System (PMATS) simulators for the US Air Force. “The US Air Forces and US Air National Guards requirements for MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper pilots and sensor operators continue to grow, and the skills needed to complete an expanding set of missions are increasingly complex,” Frank Casano, L-3 Links vice president of programs said in a statement Tuesday
General Atomics has been awarded a $34 million order to develop and field MQ-9 Medium Altitude Long Endurance Tactical (MALET) Lead-Off Hitter (LOH) software line for the US Air Force Special Operations Command. Contractor will establish, define, and grow a process to rapidly field capabilities
General Atomics has won a $43 million US Air Force foreign military sales contract to supply France with MQ-9 Reaper Drones. Work is expected to be complete by Oct