USAF mulls adding air-to-air missiles, deployable launch capability to MQ-9

By Rachel Cohen / March 19, 2018 at 10:55 AM
An Air Force spokesman says the possibility of adding air-to-air missiles to the MQ-9 Reaper is still predecisional, following a notice of a pending contract award to General Atomics for a system simulating that capability. Earlier this month, the service posted a notice on Federal Business Opportunities stating the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center plans to award General Atomics a sole-source contract to develop an air-to-air missile aviation simulator capability for the Reaper. "The Air Force does not have...

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