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Congress resurrects MQ-9 Reaper program, adding 16 drones for the Air Force December 22, 2020 The sun won't set on the Reaper program for at least another year — as long as a budget bill is passed into law. (Senior Airman Haley Stevens/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — Buried inside the massive $2.3 trillion spending package passed by Congress on Monday was a $286 million lifeline for General Atomics that will keep the Air Force buying MQ-9 Reaper drones at least one more year. In its fiscal 2021 budget request, the Air Force eliminated funding to procure the Reaper, instead requesting ab...

Congress resurrects MQ-9 Reaper program, adding 16 drones for the Air Force December 22, 2020 The sun won't set on the Reaper program for at least another year — as long as a budget bill is passed into law. (Senior Airman Haley Stevens/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — Buried inside the massive $2.3 trillion spending package passed by Congress on Monday was a $286 million lifeline for General Atomics that will keep the Air Force buying MQ-9 Reaper drones at least one more year. In its fiscal 2021 budget request, the Air Force eliminated funding to procure the Reaper, instead requesting a...