So I thought a new Predator drone toy would be a nice gift for him. These drones are used both domestically and internationally, ... This model is a 100% accurate scale model, ...

"It" was the original logistical container of an MQ-1 Predator Drone Unmanned Aerial Vehicle — the most prominent model of drone aircraft that is waging remote-controlled war on suspected ...

The aircraft was identified as CBP104, a Customs & Border Protection Predator B drone based in Grand Forks, N.D. The drone, an older model that carries no weapons, ...

The MQ-1 Predator is one of the best military drones in the world. Here's how fast it can go and what one costs for the United States to make.

Drone aircraft—or, as the Air Force prefers, unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs—were not unprecedented. In World War II, radio-controlled B-24s were sent on bombing missions over Germany.

The drone is powered by a Rolls-Royce turboprop engine that develops 450 shaft horsepower. It can move to distances as large as 2,900 miles (4,600 km), and can stay airborne for 24 hours.

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 ...

The MQ-1 Predator is one of the best military drones in the world. Here's how fast it can go and what one costs for the United States to make.