The United States military has been operating drones for decades, but there's one Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) that most people know: the MQ-1 Predator, which is one of the best military drones ...

He emphasized that enhanced surveillance and fire capabilities through unmanned aircraft systems ... mark a significant leap forward. The MQ-1 Predator drone, operational from 1995 until its ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has long been the go-to for the U.S. Air Force's Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Most notably, General Atomics is responsible for the creation of the MQ-1 ...

An unmanned aircraft system ... transforming it into the MQ-1 Predator, capable of conducting precision strikes. Its use played a crucial role in targeted strikes in conflict zones like ...

an Iraqi Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 engaged an MQ-1 armed with AIM-92 Stinger air-to-air missiles and shot it down, winning the first encounter between a conventional warplane and a UAV. In 2011 the ...

The MQ-9 Reaper has increasingly fallen behind newer drone variants—and grown more susceptible to anti-air efforts from the ground.

(From left) Paula Field, poses with brother Douglas Smith and nephew Marshall Smith next to the General Atomics MQ-1 Predator in the Aviation Unmanned Vehicle Museum in Caddo Mills on Friday ...