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Italy To Fit Foreign Payloads On MQ-9 Reaper

Tony Osborne November 19, 2014

LONDON—The Italian air force looks set to become the first operator of the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper to fit a non-U.S. sensor payload to its fleet. The air arm, which operates a mix of MQ-1 Predator A and MQ-9 unmanned air vehicles, is working with the manufacturer and Israeli defense firm Rafael...

Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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