General Atomics Awarded $68M for MQ-9 Reaper & MQ-1B Block X

Posted on: May. 8th, 2007 || Source: DoD | E-mail Article | Print Article

General Atomics Awarded $68M for MQ-9 Reaper & MQ-1B Block X

General Atomics, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $58,976,370 firm-fixed-price contract. This effort is for the manufacture, test and delivery of four Predator B Reaper MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicles and associated equipment to include initial spares, ground support equipment, and 30-day pack-up kits. At this time, total funds have been obligated.
Solicitations began January 2006 and negotiations were complete April 2007. This work will be complete December 2009.

Headquarters Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8620-05-G-3028-0007).

General Atomics, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $10,135,251 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract action will provide a series of required tasks to design, fabricate, integrate, and test the Predator MQ-1B Block X aircraft which will utilize a Heavy Full Engine (HFE), will support a 3,200 lbs gross take-off weight, and will carry four Hellfire missiles (2 on each wing).

The Predator MQ-1B Block X shall leverage off technology from the existing Predator B (MQ-9) program, the Army’s extended range multi-purpose program and on-going GA-ASI internal research and development efforts. At this time, total funds have been obligated. Solicitations began June 2006 and negotiations were complete April 2007.

Headquarters Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8620-05-G-3028-0016).

Fully Armed MQ-9 Reaper

Artwork of the MQ-9 Reaper

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