The Predator system came packaged with four aircraft, a ground control station (GCS), and a primary satellite link communications suite. The system cost ... way for much wider use of drones ...

Like most pieces of military technology, Reapers are among the best military drones in the world, but they aren't cheap. A single unit in 2011 cost ... a MQ-1 Predator, but it's much larger ...

One is its 10 Predator B drones ... it cost at least $62.5 million to operate the program, or about $12,255 per hour. The Office of Air and Marine’s calculation of $2,468 per flight hour does ...