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Monday, October 12, 2009

France may buy U.S. military drones

MQ-9 ReaperFrance is considering buying military drones from U.S. company General Atomics to meet an urgent need for unmanned military surveillance aircraft, Le Point magazine reported on its website on Sunday.

The option being discussed would see France buy four Predator B drones and two stations for receiving and processing images for a cost of up to $100 million, the magazine reported. Each additional drone would cost $10 million.

The talks come as two of the French air force's fleet of three Harfang drones -- supplied by European defence group EADS and deployed in Afghanistan -- remain grounded awaiting repairs, Le Point said.

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