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Thursday, March 05, 2009

Turkey awaits US congressional OK for armed UAVs

MQ-9 ReaperTurkey, which has applied to the US government for the purchase of two Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems, one of them armed, is now awaiting approval from the US Congress for the transaction.

It is not known when or whether the US Congress will approve the sale of, in particular, armed Reaper UAV systems to Turkey, Turkish defense industry sources have said.

Turkey's Undersecretariat for the Defense Industry (SSM) made a formal request to the US government almost two-and-a-half months ago for the purchase of UAVs from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems under Foreign Military Sales (FMS) conditions.

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