France orders 3 more reapers

[Gabriel92]

@AMDR @Peter C @boomslang

Our minister of defence has announced that France will order 3 more Reapers (MQ9).
2 MQ9s are actually operationnal in Niamey,by mars 2015,another MQ9 will join the French forces in Niger.
In total,the French air force will order 12 MQ9s,could order 4 more,so 16.

Opération Barkhane : Le Drian annonce l'achat de trois nouveaux drones Reaper
Nice UAV

 

[C130]

are they used solely for reconnaissance or do you guys use the Hellfire missile with them as well??

 

[Gabriel92]

are they used solely for reconnaissance or do you guys use the Hellfire missile with them as well??

Only for reconnaissance.

 

[C130]

Only for reconnaissance.

damn that's what I thought.
maybe one day can add on some Hellfires or Brimestone.

 

[Gabriel92]

damn that's what I thought.
maybe one day can add on some Hellfires or Brimestone.

Some talked about installing Brimestone missiles on our MQ9s,but it will probably never happen.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

In time you'll be upgrading from the "B" to the "C" model.

Maybe the US will be more open about selling "B's" to everybody.

 

[C130]

Super Heron is in the same tier has the Reaper right or better??

 

[Thəorətic Muslim]

are they used solely for reconnaissance or do you guys use the Hellfire missile with them as well??

Congress hasn't allowed UCUAVs to be exported.

Super Heron is in the same tier has the Reaper right or better??

I don't think the Super Heron is armed, but neither are some variants of the MQ-9.

But MQ-9 does outperform the S.H. in Range, Altitude, Speed.

S.H. has the ability to return back to base if connection is lost.

Both systems were made for their respective nations.

 

[boomslang]

Only for reconnaissance.

Shit !! Take a few HellFires too !!! Blow some shit up with them. It's FUN !!!!!

 

[Menace2Society]

In time you'll be upgrading from the "B" to the "C" model.

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Maybe the US will be more open about selling "B's" to everybody.

Thats thing looks f**king scary as hell.

 

[mike2000]

@AMDR @Peter C @boomslang

Our minister of defence has announced that France will order 3 more Reapers (MQ9).
2 MQ9s are actually operationnal in Niamey,by mars 2015,another MQ9 will join the French forces in Niger.
In total,the French air force will order 12 MQ9s,could order 4 more,so 16.

Opération Barkhane : Le Drian annonce l'achat de trois nouveaux drones Reaper
Nice UAV

Its american isn't it? Thought France had a UCAV of this class in operation? I know France hardly ever buys such critical weapons from the U.S.

Apart from that, nice choice, Reaper is proven and deadly. How much does it cost?

 

[Gabriel92]

Its american isn't it? Thought France had a UCAV of this class in operation? I know France hardly ever buys such critical weapons from the U.S.

Apart from that, nice choice, Reaper is proven and deadly. How much does it cost?

We (sadly) lack of UAVs,and if we develop one,it will take many months,or years,and will cost probably more than expected... and the uavs are needed now..
For 16 MQ9s with : (formation included)

-8 Mobile Ground Control Stations (GCS)
-48 Honeywell TPE331-10T Turboprop Engines (16 installed and 32 spares)
-24 Satellite Earth Terminal Substations
-40 Ku Band Link-Airborne Communication Systems
-40 General Atomics Lynx (exportable) Synthetic Aperture Radar/Ground Moving Target
-Indicator (SAR/GMTI) Systems
-40 AN/DAS-1 Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems (MTS)-B
-40 Ground Data Terminals
-40 ARC-210 Radio Systems
-40 Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation Systems
-48 AN/APX-119 and KIV-119 Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) Systems

:~€1 billions if i'm not wrong...
(€670 millions for 12 MQ9s and the rest.)

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Thats thing looks f**king scary as hell.

It's a lot scarier....