The technological evolutions of the MQ-9 drone have ushered a new era of warfare in which killing a target is easier than ...

At least two MQ-9 Reaper drones were spotted in Puerto Rico, joining 10 F-35 fighter jets recently deployed to the region. By Nicholas Slayton Published Sep 12, 2025 4:14 PM EDT The U.S. military has ...

U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper pilots and sensor operators participate in a joint training exercise at Holloman Air Force Base on ...

A General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone recently landed at the Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base for training and an exercise called “Advanced Wrath.” Trainees are hoping to get the drone ...

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 ...

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 ...

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A significant update to the U.S.-made MQ-9 Reaper drone appears to be making progress. Earlier this month, photos depicting Air Force airmen loading a GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb onto the unmanned ...

The U.S. Air Force introduced the MQ-9 Reaper drone in 2007 as a larger weapons platform than its predecessor, the MQ-1 Predator drone. The Reaper looks very much like the Predator, only larger and ...

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 ...

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

Amentum Services will provide organizational-level maintenance support for the MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft systems, or RPAs, under a $995 million U.S. Air Force contract. The Chantilly, ...