The drone, which cost about $30 million, is the third of its kind to be shot down in Yemen since November as part of the Houthis mission to support Hamas.
US News: Yemen's Huthis have shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone off the coast of Yemen, according to a senior US defense official. The Houthi rebel group, backed
A Russian fighter aircraft harassed and ultimately damaged a U.S. drone over Syria on Sunday, the latest in a string of similar and dangerous incidents.
The acquisition will require the approval of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) before signing as it is valued at close to $3 billion and would be the biggest defence contract inked with the US since 2011, when C 17 Globemaster transport aircraft were acquired for over $4 billion.