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The second ground control station will be delivered in October 2018, while the third and fourth Reaper will be transferred in April 2019 and April 2020&#8221;, the same official sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MQ-9 Reaper, which has a wingspan of 20 meters and 27 hours of <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">autonomy <\/span>operation, is used by the UK, France and Italy, and has been ordered by the Netherlands. <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">This General Atomics option favored by the Air Force, according to military sources. <\/span>The Spanish Ministry of Defense also considered an offer of Israel Aerospace Industries with drone Heron TP. This General Atomics option favored by the Air Force, according to military sources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS)<span class=\"rte rte-comment\"> acquired by the Spanish government<\/span> will consist of<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">n<\/span> four MQ-9 Reaper Block V, five electro-optical MTS-B HD EP\/IR sensors, four radars SAR\/MTI with maritime surveillance radar, two ground control stations and four automatic identification systems (AIS). 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