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Now Using UAVs From Base In Niger, Military Orders Yet Another Reaper

January 11 2017

France

The French defense procurement agency (DGA) has ordered a fourth MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system from General Atomics in the U.S., reports defense-aerospace.com.

The order, placed on Dec. 5, was for the fourth and final Reaper system planned under the 2014-2019 military planning act, the French Ministry of Defense reported on Tuesday.

Each Reaper system has three unmanned aircraft. The last system will be handed over in 2019.

The second of the four Reaper...

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