Predator Remotely Piloted Aircraft for the United Kingdom

The Government of United Kingdom is procuring twenty-six Certifiable Predator B Remotely Piloted Aircraft, Advanced Ground Control Stations, and associated equipment from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. The total estimated value of this procurement is $1000M.

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Estimated value: USD 1.0B≈ EUR 920.0MThe estimated maximum of a US arms-sale notification. Not a contract.
Supplier: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
Category: Platforms · Payloads & sensors · Ground systems · Fixed-wing · Air

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Full notice text

DSCA Congressional Notification — Transmittal 16-53

Purchaser: United Kingdom

Total Estimated Value: $1000M

Equipment:

Major Defense Equipment (MDE): Twenty-six (26) Certifiable Predator B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (16 with option for additional 10) Twelve (12) Advanced Ground Control Stations (GCSs) (8 with option for additional 4) Four (4) New Launch and Recovery Element GCSs Four (4) Upgrades to existing Blk 15 Launch and Recovery Element GCSs (2 with option for additional 2) Twenty-five (25) Multi-spectral Targeting Systems (12 + 2 spares, with option for additional 10 + 1 spare) Twenty-five (25) AN/APY-8 Lynx IIe Block 20A Synthetic Aperture Radar and Ground Moving Target Indicators (SAR/GMTI) (12 + 2 spares, with option for additional 10 + 1 spare) Eighty-six (86) Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Guidance Units (EGIs) (3 per aircraft) (48 + 5 spares, with option for additional 30 + 3 spare

Procedure & source details

Original title: United Kingdom FMS: Predator ($1.0B)
Award date: 8 Dec 2016
Contract type: Production
Mission: ISR · Combat · Border Surveillance · SAR radar · Fixed-wing · BVLOS
End use: Military

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From the US DSCA Foreign Military Sales register · updated 29 Oct 2026

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