General Atomics Awarded $37M for Predator Support, Retrofits

Posted on: Oct. 2nd, 2007 || Source: DoD | E-mail Article | Print Article

General Atomics of San Diego, Calif. is being awarded a contract modification for $21,914,173. This action will provide for organizational maintenance support for the Predator MQ-9 remotely piloted aircraft systems at Creech AFB, NV and deployed sites worldwide.

This support includes aircrew duties/responsibilities, maintaining equipment in accordance with approved applicable AF technical engineering data, quality assurance, parts/supplies ordering and accountable and flying and maintenance schedule development.

The Predator MQ-9 program was designed in response to DoD requirements to provide persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information to the warfighter, and its mission is interdiction and armed reconnaissance against critical perishable targets.
At this time all funds have been obligated.
For more information please call (757) 764-9126. ACC AMIC/PKC, Newport News, Va. is the contracting activity (FA4890-07-C-0009-P00006).

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General Atomics of San Diego, Calif. is being awarded a contract for $15,180,780.
This action provides for retrofit 20 each predator blocks 5 to block 15;
retrofit 1 each block 10 to 15;
and non-recurring engineering associated with the retrofit of the block 10 to block 15.

At this time all funds have been obligated. For more information please call (937) 904-6986. 658 AESS/PK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8620-05-G-3028/0013).
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