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Government of France · FR
The Government of France is buying a retrofit of its MQ-9 Reaper drones to make them weapons capable, supplied by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. The package includes 100 GBU-49 Enhanced Paveway dual mode GPS and laser guided bomb kits, 200 FMU-152 fuzes, 650 AGM-114R Hellfire missiles with active warheads, 45 AGM-114R Hellfire training missiles without active warheads, and 6 Hellfire Captive Air Training Missiles. The record gives a total estimated value of $1710M.
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DSCA Congressional Notification — Transmittal 13-40
Purchaser: France
Total Estimated Value: $1710M
Equipment:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE) constituted $765 million of this total. On July 26, 2018, Congress was notified by Congressional certification transmittal number 18-0B of the retrofit of MQ-9s to become weapons capable, and the inclusion of 100 GBU-49 Enhanced Paveway dual mode GPS and laser guided bomb kits comprised of MXU-650 Air Foil Group (AFG) and MAU-210 Enhanced Computer Control Group (ECCG); 200 FMU-152 fuzes; 650 AGM-114R Hellfire missiles, with active warheads; 45 AGM-114R Hellfire training missiles, without active warhead; and 6 Hellfire Captive Air Training Missiles. The retrofit and inclusion of MDE not enumerated in the original notification resulted in an increase in the cost of MDE by $210 million. The new MDE cost was $975 [[Page 72346]] million. The total case value increa
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