General Atomics will build four Block 5 MQ-9 Reapers for Spain under a contract worth nearly $57 million by early 2019, the Defense Department announced last week. The Jan. 4 notice includes two aircraft, with two more to be placed on contract, an Air Force spokesman said in an email Tuesday. The Pentagon said the latest contract action was awarded to an existing basic ordering agreement for Spain's MQ-9 exportable Block 5 procurement program. Spain requested four Reapers in 2015...
