The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (sometimes called Predator B) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, one component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS)) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations, developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) primarily for the United States Air Force (USAF). The MQ-9 and other UAVs ...

The U.S. Air Force proposed the MQ-9 Reaper system in response to the Department of Defense directive to support initiatives of overseas contingency operations. It is larger and more powerful than the MQ-1 Predator, and is designed to execute time-sensitive targets with persistence and precision, and destroy or disable those targets.

MQ-9A was designated "Reaper" by the U.S. and Royal Air Force, but has become the widely used name for any Predator B equipped with weapons. Featuring unmatched operational flexibility, MQ-9A has an endurance of over 27 hours, speeds of 240 KTAS, can operate up to 50,000 feet, and has a 3,850 pound (1746 kilogram) payload capacity that includes ...

The MQ-9 Reaper is an armed, multi-mission, medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft that is employed primarily against dynamic execution targets and secondarily as an intelligence collection asset.

MQ-9B SkyGuardian ® is the next generation of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS), delivering persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) around the globe.

The MQ-9 Reaper is the primary offensive strike unmanned aerial vehicle for the U.S. Air Force. Given its significant loiter time, wide-range sensors, multi-mode communications suite, and...

1 day ago · The MQ-9 Reaper is already known for its long-range ISR capabilities, but the addition of the SkyTower II pod elevates its potential to provide real-time communication and coordination across ...

6 days ago · The Marine Corps MQ-9 Reaper test squadron, UX-24, at Pax River has successfully integrated the first SkyTower II pod, enhancing communication and ISR capabilities. These upgrades will support ...

The MQ-9 is a long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) with a primary mission of locating and destroying time-critical and highly mobile targets. In addition to this "hunter-killer" mission, the MQ-9 also provides real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) to …

MQ-9「收割者」 （英語： MQ-9 "Reaper"），又譯「死神」（英語：MQ-9 "Personification of Death"），是 通用原子航空系统 为 美国空军 所開發的 无人机。 [4][5] MQ-9也是世上第一種專為長時間進行高空偵察任務而設計的武裝無人機。 [6] 雖然MQ-9的控制介面與 MQ-1 相同，但MQ-9更大、更重。 其950軸馬力（712 kW）的渦輪螺旋槳發動機使它的巡航速度達到MQ-1的三 …