An MQ-1 Predator sits on the flight line after an ... But it took advances in electronics and satellite technology to realize unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, were capable of being controlled ...

He emphasized that enhanced surveillance and fire capabilities through unmanned aircraft systems ... mark a significant leap forward. The MQ-1 Predator drone, operational from 1995 until its ...

General Atomics, the American firm that developed and builds Predator and Reaper UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), has a new UAV, the three-ton Mohave This is in development to supplement and ...

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.

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 first operational reconnaissance drone, the Predator, went on to assume ... between a conventional warplane and a UAV. In 2011 the 268th and last MQ-1 left the General Atomics plant.