Warfare is changing its character, and drones are playing a big role in it. Technology that was first extensively used in the ...

Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a new documentary video about the US AirForce Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk + the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper and General Atomics MQ-1 Predator ...

AI-powered drones are already transforming warfare—and the U.S. is in a high-stakes battle to catch up with Russia and China ...

WASHINGTON – A U.S. Air Force Predator drone was lost Tuesday over Syria, according to the Pentagon, and it's unclear whether it crashed by accident or was shot down. The military relies on the ...

Drones have been around for a long time, but they've only become major players in global military operations in the late 20th century. That's when aircraft like the RQ-1 (later MQ-1) Predator ...

The U.S. Air Force has bestowed “mission design series” (MDS) designations on its two Increment 1 Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) prototypes. The General Atomics Gambit offering is the YFQ ...

In 2011 the 268th and last MQ-1 left the General Atomics plant. By then it had accumulated more than 1 million flight hours and truly earned its Predator moniker.

In 2002, the RQ-1 Predator was fitted with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, transforming it into the MQ-1 Predator, capable of conducting precision strikes.

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.

The program suffered from several technical issues, but it held enough promise that the Department of Defense expressed interest in a larger, more capable enhanced version of the GNAT 750 for ...

The operators of armed drones are even more removed from the action; in Afghanistan, drones like the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper were often operated from as far away as Nevada, thousands of ...