T he MQ-9 Reaper has increasingly fallen behind newer drone variants—and grown more susceptible to anti-air efforts from the ground.. T he GA-ASI MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is the ...

The U.S. Defense Department has announced sweeping changes to its military drone procurement and deployment practices.

The MQ-9 Reaper is a larger version of the MQ-1 Predator drone, which was used by the U.S. Air Force until 2018. The MQ-9 Reaper is faster, has better sensors, and can carry more munitions. The ...

The long dominance of expensive, long-endurance drones like the $30 million MQ-9 Reaper may be ending as threats to them proliferate. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has long been the go-to for the U.S. Air Force's Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Most notably, General Atomics is responsible for the creation of the MQ-1 ...

The average cost of a MQ-9 drone is about $30 million. The Reaper — which first began operating in 2007 — costs about $3,500 per flight hour, according to its maker, General Atomics. 3 ...

In 2002, the RQ-1 Predator was fitted with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, transforming it into the MQ-1 Predator, ... Unlike predecessors MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper drones, ...

American defense contractor General Atomics announced the launch of the Precision Exportable Launched Effect (PELE) drone meant to launch from the MQ-9B.

A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper has crashed in Yemen. It may be the third $30 million drone shot down by the Houthis since November.

At approximately 7:03 a.m. (CET) on April 14th, 2022, two Sukhoi Su-27 twin-engine Russian jet fighters moved to intercept a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone flying over the Black Sea in the ...