The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $14.2 million contract modification to a business unit of General Atomics for the supply of Block 5 MQ-9 unmanned aerial system kits.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will provide MQ-9 extended-range and beyond-line-of-sight kits as well as Barrett Asymmetrical Digital Datalink Computer Routers under the modification, the Defense Department said Wednesday.
GA-ASI is scheduled to finish work by Feb. 21, 2021.
The Medium Altitude Unmanned Aerial Systems Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, will obligate $1.2 million in fiscal 2017 procurement funds at the time of award.