The United States military has been operating drones for decades, but there's one Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) that most people know: the MQ-1 Predator, which is one of the best military drones ...

US-based General Atomics first developed the MQ-1 Predator as a reconnaissance platform ... The US government has suggested a total estimated ticket price of $3,072 million.

"It" was the original logistical container of an MQ-1 Predator Drone Unmanned Aerial ... object still wore stickers announcing its original price — almost $18,000 — as well as its overseas ...

Jan. 4 (UPI) --General Atomics has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force for Block 5 kits for the MQ-9 Reaper, just as the U.S. military begins to phase out the MQ-1 Predator drone.

An MQ-1 Predator drone (left ... I have to be able to project power at a cheaper price point than my adversary, or I’ll be outspent.” Last year, Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, then the head ...

Price is number two ... was going to borrow heavily from the company’s experience in developing its MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft for the Air Force, in addition ...

The MQ-1's capabilities make it uniquely qualified to conduct irregular warfare operations in support of combatant commander objectives. In August 2011, the Predator surpassed one million hours of ...

Reapers are fast, reaching speeds of 230 mph, and they share many similarities with the MQ-1 Predator. Both are manufactured by General Atomics and are controlled by the same ground-based systems ...

An MQ-1 Predator sits on the flight line after an aircrew flew one of the last MQ-1 local training sorties Feb. 2, 2018, at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada. (Senior Airman James Thompson/U.S. Air ...