The UK Military Aviation Authority (MAA) has issued a military type certificate for the Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s ... acquired to replace the UK’s MQ-9A-standard Reaper system, the new ...

Obtaining the MTC has been a goal of GA-ASI since the inception of the MQ-9B in January 2014. The company took its proven UAS platform, the MQ-9A, and added performance ... a ...

The UK’s Military Aviation Authority has issued a Military Type Certificate (MTC) to the Royal Air Force’s Protector RG Mk1 uncrewed aircraft - also designated the MQ-9B - certifying that it ...

Obtaining the MTC has been a goal of GA-ASI since the inception of the MQ-9B in January 2014. The company took its proven UAS platform, the MQ-9A, and added performance enhancing features while ...

On April 22, 2025, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) delivered an MQ-9A Reaper Block 5 Extended Range (ER) drone to the United States Marine Corps (USMC), further cementing the drone ...

The new MQ-9A Block 5 Extended Range (ER) UAS was delivered on April 22, 2025, and will be operated by Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1), a USMC operational test squadron based ...

France retired its MQ-A Reaper Block 1 UAS (pictured) in favour of the MQ-9A Reaper Block 5 ER UAS on 21 January. (French Air and Space Force) France has retired its General Atomics Aeronautical ...

Unmanned assets could also provide targeting information, like MQ-9A Block 5 UAVs which recently conducted Link 16 tests with surface forces in 2021. The containerized VLS cells could also be deployed ...

The Italian Air Force released the first photos of the new MQ-9A Block 5 delivered last year, shortly after the announcement of a possible Foreign Military Sale to double the RPA fleet.

The RAF, working with Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) expect 5 more aircraft to be delivered by the end of this year as Protector prepares to establish Aircrew and Technician training in the UK ...