The average cost of a MQ-9 drone is about $30 million. The Reaper — which first began operating in 2007 — costs about $3,500 per flight hour, according to its maker, General Atomics. 3 ...

The MQ-9 Reaper drone is a remotely operated aircraft used by the U.S. military overseas that has also been adapted for other purposes inside America's borders.

With a range of 1,150 miles and the ability to fly at altitudes of 50,000 feet, the MQ-9 Reaper system is an “armed, multi-mission, medium-altitude, long-endurance” remotely piloted aircraft ...

A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper has crashed in Yemen. It may be the third $30 million drone shot down by the Houthis since November.

The drone, a demilitarized MQ-9 Predator B owned and operated by the agency with technical support from the Air Force’s Medium Altitude UAS Division and the Nevada Air National Guard, was ...

Several U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drones have been orbiting over Gaza amid Israeli strikes and military activity there, U.S. officials and a source have told Reuters, and the flights are part of an effort ...

U.S. officials have confirmed an MQ-9 has been shot down off the coast of Yemen. A US drone was shot down by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Nov. 8, 2023, the Iran-backed group’s military arm claimed ...

The Pentagon confirmed it has sent unarmed MQ-9 reaper drones to fly over Gaza. The aircraft began flying in the region shortly after the October 7 terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel.

Iran-backed Houthis militants shot down a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone conducting surveillance off the coast of Yemen on Wednesday, according to a senior defense official.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed Monday that they shot down another American-made MQ-9 Reaper drone, with video circulating online showing what appeared to be a ...

The MQ-9 "Reaper" unmanned aerial vehicle can loiter at up to 50,000 feet for more than 27 hours, gathering intelligence with sophisticated cameras, sensors and radars.