EADaily, March 6th, 2026. One of the MQ-9 Reaper drones lost by the US military after the start of the operation in In Iran, ...

The MQ-9s of USSOCOM and AFSOC will get cyber anomaly detection and predictive maintenance capabilities, as well as a podded Airborne Battlespace Awareness and Defense capability. General Atomics ...

The technological evolutions of the MQ-9 drone have ushered a new era of warfare in which killing a target is easier than ever before—with uneasy moral and legal implications. The General Atomics MQ-9 ...

The U.S. military has been using and advancing drone technology for decades, and in the 21st century, drone warfare has become the norm. Throughout its conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan (as well as ...

Paved runways and dedicated facilities are a luxury that the United States Air Force knows it can’t count on in wartime. The service has explored how the fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35 ...

An MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last December after losing its propeller midflight, likely due to the failure of a ring necessary to secure the prop in place. (SrA Raya Feltner ...

The world of military drones is a very diverse one at the time of writing, and chances are the offer will continue to diversify as conflicts become more and more complicated. But many of today's ...

Col. Ruben Amezaga, 8th Operations Group commander, passes a guidon to Lt. Col. Douglas Slater, 431st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron commander, during the 431st ERS activation ceremony at ...

The exercise focused on maritime operations to reflect the growing need for MQ-9 capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region, said the Air Force. The recent Exercise Reaper Smoke, held late in April at ...

Threats to medium-altitude drones like the MQ-9 Reaper are growing. These types of drones are suffering mounting losses in wars from Ukraine to Yemen. These ...

The MQ-9 Reaper (together with its MQ-1 Predator predecessor) has become iconic of United States Air Force strikes in ...