The British MoD reports that the MQ-9 Reaper has taken to the air in Afghanistan: The RAF’s first Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Britain’s most sophisticated unmanned surveillance system, has taken ...

The U.S. military has been using and advancing drone technology for decades, and in the 21st century, drone warfare has become the norm. Throughout its conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan (as well as ...

The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has withdrawn its General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) from service, with missions taken over by the new MQ-9B Protector version of the ...

The MQ-9s of USSOCOM and AFSOC will get cyber anomaly detection and predictive maintenance capabilities, as well as a podded Airborne Battlespace Awareness and Defense capability. General Atomics ...

Three locations use the Reaper drone and the Corps plans to open a support unit in Cherry Point, North Carolina. (Sgt. Matthew Teutsch/Marine Corps) The Marine Corps has so far trained 100 ...

Col. Ruben Amezaga, 8th Operations Group commander, passes a guidon to Lt. Col. Douglas Slater, 431st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron commander, during the 431st ERS activation ceremony at ...

GA-ASI and AeroVironment demonstrate first-ever air launch of Switchblade 600 from MQ-9A, advancing drone mothership concepts for smaller UAS. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and ...

The MQ-9 Reaper (together with its MQ-1 Predator predecessor) has become iconic of United States Air Force strikes in ...

RAF FAIRFORD, England—A new engine war is brewing for the MQ-9 Reaper after General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) flew a second engine type onboard the medium-altitude, uncrewed aircraft ...

The exercise focused on maritime operations to reflect the growing need for MQ-9 capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region, said the Air Force. The recent Exercise Reaper Smoke, held late in April at ...

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 Predator, ...

Paved runways and dedicated facilities are a luxury that the United States Air Force knows it can’t count on in wartime. The service has explored how the fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35 ...