General Atomics gets Reaper repair contract

General Atomics recently inked a yearlong management, support and maintenance contract worth nearly $329 million for its MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1 Predator -- which is set to retire this spring.

The Defense Department said in a Dec. 22, 2017 contract announcement the funding covers "core management, logistics support, configuration management, technical manual and software maintenance, contractor field service representative support, inventory control point management, flight operations support, depot repair and depot field maintenance" through Dec. 31 this year.

Work will take place at the company's facility in Poway, CA.