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U.S. approves possible sale of General Atomics drones to Spain


    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has approved the possible sale to Spain of four MQ-9 Reaper unmanned planes built by privately-held General Atomics, a deal valued at about $243 million, the Pentagon told U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday.

    The deal would include four MQ-9 Block 5 drones, 20 embedded Global Positioning Systems, two mobile ground control stations, five targeting systems and five radars, the Defence Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement.

    (Reporting by Andrea Shalal)