Historically, the MQ-9 had only taken off and landed via line-of-sight antennas, with aircrew members manually flying the ...

Long-range Reaper drones have endurance from 20 hours to over 40 hours depending on variant and configuration.

MQ-Next: The USAF’s stealthier, more autonomous Reaper replacement poised to redefine unmanned aerial combat's future.

While the multi-role General Atomics uncrewed aircraft typically requires a paved runway for take-off and landing, recent US ...

A Reaper drone has a 66-foot wingspan and can fly up to 50,000 feet in altitude, beyond the range of shoulder-fired Strela-2 missiles. The remotely piloted aircraft frequently carry Hellfire ...

The US Air Force's MQ-9 Reaper is a remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV. It is used primarily for intelligence collection and precision strikes against targets on the ground.

The MQ-9 Reaper was initially in the area to conduct armed overwatch for the C-130’s airdrop to “severely undersupplied” forces at the undisclosed outpost. “Most of the time we’re just ...

Russia said the drone crashed after a "sharp manoeuvre", and denied that the two aircraft made direct contact. The Russian defence ministry also said the MQ-9 Reaper drone was flying with its ...

Over the weekend, a remotely-piloted Reaper aircraft successfully launched a missile attack on IS extremists near Baiji, north of Baghdad, where they were planting improvised explosive devices ...