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U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The MQ-9 Reaper is one of the world's most advanced and feared military drones. But how much do you really know ...
The United States has given an initial approval for the energy-rich Mideast nation of Qatar to buy eight armed MQ-9B Predator drones for its military, an estimated purchase worth nearly $2 billion ...
A Russian fighter jet forced down a US Air Force drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday after damaging the propeller of the American MQ-9 Reaper drone, according to the US military.
Video clips posted to social media by the Department of Homeland Security labeled as “DHS drone footage” appeared to confirm this week that unarmed MQ-9 Predator drones, operated by the Air ...
What is the MQ-9 Reaper drone? The US Air Force primarily uses the Reaper for collecting intel, according to the service’s website, which touts the “intelligence, surveillance and ...
As the field of battle changes, so do the tools the military uses upon it. Take the MQ-9 Reaper Drone, one of the most advanced drones out there.
Two U.S. officials tell Fox News an Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone has crashed near Yemen after Houthi rebels claimed to have shot one down.
The MQ-9 Reaper has increasingly fallen behind newer drone variants—and grown more susceptible to anti-air efforts from the ground.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed they shot down another American-made MQ-9 drone flying over the country, marking potentially the latest downing of the multimillion-dollar surveillance aircraft ...
The MQ-9 is operated remotely by a team that includes a rated pilot who is tasked with flying the drone and an enlisted aircrew member who is responsible for operating the sensors and guiding weapons.
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.