(Senior Airman Haley Stevens/U.S. Air Force) Accepted in 2002 and promptly deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, the armed Predator was designated the MQ-1 (multirole drone). On Dec. 23, 2002 ...

but there's one Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) that most people know: the MQ-1 Predator, which is one of the best military drones in the world. Initially, the Predator was introduced as a ...

While the US Army has utilized drone technology since the 1930s, recent innovations mark a significant leap forward. The MQ-1 Predator drone, operational from 1995 until its retirement in 2018 ...

The General Atomics MQ-1 Predator is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) built by General Atomics and used primarily by the United States Air Force (USAF) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

The MQ-1's capabilities make it uniquely qualified to conduct irregular warfare operations in support of combatant commander objectives. The Predator is part of a remotely piloted aircraft system.

Airmen have created the Air Force's first MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) Electronic Combat Officers (ECO) course. As MQ-1/9 aircraft require satellite signals to ...