General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) will deliver MQ-9A Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft to Poland. The delivery is a part of a newly signed lease agreement between GA-ASI and the Polish Ministry of Defence. The lease agreement for the MQ-9A has a net value of $70.6 million. MQ-9A Reaper has endurance of over 27 hours, with a speed of 240 KTAS and can operate up to 50,000 feet. The drone has a 3,850-pound (1,746-kilogram) payload capacity that includes 3,000 pounds (1,361 kilograms) of external stores.
It provides a long-endurance, persistent surveillance capability with Full-Motion Video and Synthetic Aperture Radar/Moving Target Indicator/Maritime Radar. An extremely reliable aircraft, MQ-9A Block 5 is equipped with a fault-tolerant flight control system and triple redundant avionics system architecture. It is engineered to meet and exceed manned aircraft reliability standards.