Wright-Patt center awards $28M UAV contract

Joe Cogliano Senior Reporter- Dayton Business Journal

The U.S. Air Force has tapped General Atomics for a $28.2 million support deal on its MQ-9 Reaper fleet.

The Poway, Calif.-based company won the three-year contract this week for the first phase of a program to manage the structural integrity of the MQ-9 fleet — which are armed unmanned aerial vehicles — throughout the aircraft life cycle. It was issued by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, headquartered atWright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, against a $120 million contract vehicle issued last summer.

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