An MQ-9 Reaper, assigned to the 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron, lands at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, in support of Northern Edge 2021 on May 3, 2021. (Senior Airman Beaux Hebert/U.S. Air ...

Two MQ-9 Reapers are parked on the flight line during the Air Force’s Exercise Agile Combat Employment Reaper on September 20, 2021, on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Hawaii. Reapers joined on MCB Hawaii ...

From the outside, the MQ-9 Reaper looks a lot like a MQ-1 Predator, but it's much larger and capable of carrying more ordnance. The Reaper's wingspan is 66 feet, its length is 36 feet, and it ...

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.

The US Air Force is seeking upgrades to its fleet of MQ-9 Reaper drones as its mission shifts from anti-extremist operations to dealing with near-peer adversaries like Russia and China. Through ...

The MQ-9 Reaper’s Specifications. Capable of conducting both surveillance and strike operations, the Reaper’s payload can be adjusted based upon the needs of the day’s mission.

The MQ-9 is tailor-made for SOCOM’s Armed Overwatch role. With nearly 7 million hours in operation, most of them in combat supporting U.S. and allied forces around the world, the aircraft proved ...

Before the Ukraine-Russia conflict, for example, it was found that the TB-2, MQ-1, as well as the MQ-9 Reaper Drones lacked survivability. This is one of the reasons why upgrades are ongoing.

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing, takes off from the flightline at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Sept. 1, 2021.

The MQ-9 has a payload of 3,750 pounds and carries a combination of Hellfire missiles, GBU-12 Paveway II and GBU-38 JDAMs, according to the service. Master Sgt. Melvin French, ...

The MQ-9 has a maximum takeoff weight of 10,500 pounds, with an external payload capacity of 3,000 pounds. The drone can fly a maximum distance of 2,250 nautical miles.

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 ...