WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The MQ-5B Hunter is a multi-mission tactical unmanned aircraft system optimized to provide US Army division and corps commanders with a dedicated intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capability.
"Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Sierra Vista, Arizona, was awarded a $190,254,770 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for continuation of contractor logistic support for the Hunter unmanned aircraft systems," the release stated on Friday.
Work will be performed in Afghanistan the US state of Arizona and is expected to be completed by October 2018.