The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (sometimes called Predator B) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, one component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS)) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations, developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) primarily for the United States Air Force (USAF). The MQ-9 and other UAVs ...

The U.S. Air Force proposed the MQ-9 Reaper system in response to the Department of Defense directive to support initiatives of overseas contingency operations. It is larger and more powerful than the MQ-1 Predator, and is designed to execute time-sensitive targets with persistence and precision, and destroy or disable those targets.

MQ-9A was designated "Reaper" by the U.S. and Royal Air Force, but has become the widely used name for any Predator B equipped with weapons. Featuring unmatched operational flexibility, MQ-9A has an endurance of over 27 hours, speeds of 240 KTAS, can operate up to 50,000 feet, and has a 3,850 pound (1746 kilogram) payload capacity that includes ...

The MQ-9 Reaper is an armed, multi-mission, medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft that is employed primarily as an intelligence-collection asset and secondarily against dynamic execution targets.

Mar 24, 2025 · An MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron, a tenant unit of the 432nd Wing, sits on the flightline armed with two GBU-39s at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Mar. 12, 2025.

The MQ-9 Reaper is the primary offensive strike unmanned aerial vehicle for the U.S. Air Force. Given its significant loiter time, wide-range sensors, multi-mode communications suite, and...

- The MQ-9 RPA is a remotely-piloted, armed air vehicle that uses optical, infrared, and radar sensors to locnte, identify, target, and attack ground targets.

Mar 26, 2025 · WASHINGTON — The US government today approved a potential $1.96 billion sale to Qatar of eight MQ-9B unmanned aerial vehicles, which, if completed, would mark the first sale of the General ...

Jan 1, 2020 · The MQ-9 Reaper is suspected of dispatching dozens of senior Taliban, Al Qaeda, ISIS, Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab leaders. Perhaps the most famous target the US government publically acknowledges is ISIS member Mohammed Emwazi.

Mar 27, 2025 · DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States has given an initial approval for the energy-rich Mideast nation of Qatar to buy eight armed MQ-9B Predator drones for its military, an estimated purchase worth nearly $2 billion.. The State Department approval announced early Thursday for Qatar comes after Doha had been trying to purchase the …