# General Atomics awards SABCA production contract for MQ-9B SkyGuardian radomes

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems awarded SABCA a production contract for lightning-protected SATCOM radomes for the worldwide fleet of MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft. Production of the first radome will start in 2020 at SABCA's Limburg facilities in Belgium.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-03-13
- Where: Limburg, Belgium
- Status: announced
- Products: SATCOM radomes for MQ-9B SkyGuardian
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [General Atomics Aeronautical Systems](https://endata.com/companies/21009.md) (customer)
- [SABCA](https://endata.com/companies/27912.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [militaryleak.com](https://militaryleak.com/2020/03/13/general-atomics-aeronautical-systems-inc-to-use-sabca-radomes-for-mq-9b-skyguardian/), 2020-03-13: "After being qualified by GA-ASI in 2019, SABCA has been officially awarded the production of the lightning-protected SATCOM radome for the worldwide fleet of MQ-9B."

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