Australia cleared to buy 12 MQ-9Bs

Posted on April 25, 2021April 25, 2021 by alert5

The U.S. government has cleared the sale of 12 MQ-9B unmanned air vehicles to Australia for an estimated cost of $1.651 billion.

An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle comes in for a landing at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Nov. 20. Reapers are remotely piloted and can linger over battlefields, providing persistent strike capabilities to ground force commanders. This Reaper is deployed to the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance and Attack Squadron from Creech Air Force Base, Nev.

Australia selected the MQ-9B under Project AIR 7003 Phase 1 in 2019.

The Foreign Military Sale package includes an unspecific number of Leonardo/Selex SeaSpray 7500 maritime radars.

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