The MQ-9 Reaper is an evolution of the MQ-1 Predator – hence its nickname, Predator B – designed to provide the USAF with enhanced combat, surveillance, coordination, and reconnaissance ...

It is hardly the first takedown of a Reaper drone ... resulting in a crash and complete loss of the MQ-9,” said US Air Force general James B. Hecker, commander of US Air Forces Europe and ...

Most notably, General Atomics is responsible for the creation of the MQ-1 Predator, MQ-9 Reaper, and much more ... the flying-wing shape used by the B-2 Spirit and B-21 Raider stealth bombers.

The MQ-9 Reaper drone is a remotely operated aircraft ... Protection agency has said it's used General Atomics' Predator B drones — the non-weaponized version of the Reaper — to monitor ...

The U.S. Air Force introduced the MQ-9 Reaper drone in 2007 as a larger weapons platform than its predecessor, the MQ-1 Predator drone. The Reaper looks very much like the Predator, only larger ...

For nearly two decades, the MQ-9 Reaper drone has played a critical role in the Air Force’s arsenal. The UAV, often referred to as the “Predator B,” is primarily used as an intelligence ...

The contract notice specifically mentioned the GBU-39B/B Laser SDB as the weapon to be ... the 432nd Maintenance Group load a GBU-39 on an MQ-9 Reaper at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Mar ...

The MQ-9 Reaper’s defining features are its sophisticated ... The Raytheon Technologies’ (now RTX) electro-optical Multispectral Targeting System-B (MTS-B) turret that provides real-time ...

An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft from the 163rd ... resulting in a crash and complete loss of the MQ-9,” said U.S. Air Force Gen. James B. Hecker, commander, U.S. Air Forces Europe ...

Worth about $30 million each, the MQ-9 Reaper cuts a familiar silhouette and ... Among this year’s “static displays” will be a B-25 Stratofortress from Minor Air Force Base in North Dakota.

MQ-9 Reaper aircraft and assigned personnel in Hawaii ... as well as by half a dozen B-2 stealth fighters from Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian Ocean. The cost of the air campaign has ...