Tag: MQ-9A
US Navy tests ASW concept with drone-launched sonobuoys to sniff out...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) recently tested the capability of one of its MQ-9A Block 5 unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to carry...
US Air Force deploys Reapers to Romania
The US Air Force has based MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft and approximately 90 airmen to the 71st Air Base in Campia Turzii...
US Air Force MQ-9 UAS completes autonomous takeoff and landing trials
The US Air Force Lifecycle Management Center’s MQ-9 program office has completed the testing of the unmanned aerial systems' automatic takeoff and...
GA-ASI delivers final MQ-9A Block 5 RPAs to Spanish Air Force
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has delivered the final two MQ-9A Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) and a Ground Control...
MQ-9 Reaper straps 8 Hellfire missiles under its wings for new...
The Reaper was limited to four AGM-114s across two stations.
General Atomics lands $7.4B US Air Force contract for MQ-9 deliveries
The US Air Force has awarded General Atomics a $7.4 billion ceiling contract for the delivery of up to 36 MQ-9 unmanned...
MQ-9 Reaper confirms counter-air capacity with second AIM-9X shot
An MQ-9 Reaper employed a live air-to-air AIM-9X Block 2 missile against a target BQM-167 drone during the US Air Force's second...
GA-ASI gets $27.8m for French MQ-9 Reaper weaponization work
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has received a $27.8 million contract for weaponization and pod integration for France's MQ-9 Block 5...
GA-ASI flies MQ-9 with AI pod capable of autonomous target acquisition
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced it successfully integrated and flew the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Agile Condor Pod...
In a first: US deploys MQ-9 Reaper RPAS to Estonia
The US Air Force deployed MQ-9 Reapers from Detachment 2 at Miroslawiec Air Base in Poland to Estonia's Amari Air Base for...
