State Department Approves Sale Of Weapons For Italy To Arm Reapers

Credit: Reaper: USAF
Italy is in line to be the second country after the U.K. to receive U.S.-made MQ-9 Reapers that can fire weapons, and the first country to receive them after a change in U.S. policy in February that made the export of armed UAVs possible. On Nov. 4, the U.S. State Department approved the potential...
Jen DiMascio

Based in Washington, Jen previously managed Aviation Week’s worldwide defense, space and security coverage.

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