Avalon 2017: Team Reaper launched to compete Australian armed MALE UAV requirement

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The GA-ASI Reaper unmanned aircraft at the Avalon Airshow 2017. The company launched its Team Reaper partnership at the event to sell the platform to Australia. Source: IHS Markit/Gareth Jennings

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) announced the official launch of its Team Reaper Australia solution to the Department of Defence's (DOD's) Project AIR 7003 requirement, the company announced at the Avalon Airshow on 28 February.

The bid to secure a sale of its MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) into Australia will see GA-ASI team with Cobham, CAE Australia, Raytheon Australia, and Flight Data Systems.

The launch of Team Reaper was announced at the Australian International Aerospace and Defence Exposition in Geelong, Australia, by Linden Blue, CEO of GA-ASI, together with Mr James Carouso, the Charge D'Affairs at the US Embassy in Canberra and Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston from Defence South Australia.

GA-ASI and Cobham have been working in partnership for more than 12 years to prepare for the whole-of-life support requirements for Australia's Project AIR 7003 requirement for an armed medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) UAV, drawing on the experiences learned with the United Kingdom's Reaper programme for which Cobham supports the ground control station (GCS) at RAF Waddington.

CAE will provide training solutions for the Reaper in Australia in line with those it already provides to the US Air Force, with Raytheon leveraging its integration experience and Flight Data Systems its innovation skills.

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