The U.S. Air Force introduced the MQ-9 Reaper drone in 2007 as a larger weapons platform than its predecessor, the MQ-1 Predator drone. The Reaper looks very much like the Predator, only larger and ...

The new BRU-78 Dual Carriage System allows the MQ-9 Reaper to carry two bombs on a single hardpoint, doubling the number of free fall weapons it can employ in combat. The U.S. Air Force has released ...

The Air Force, which hates calling its big, new MQ-9 the Predator B, quietly names the turboprop-powered UAV the "Reaper." Since the unmanned aircraft has six weapon stations and has been assigned the ...

Credit: The MQ-1 Predator spawned the combat UAV revolution, but is being phased out in favor of the huskier MQ-9: U.S. Air Force The U.S. Air Force’s last MQ-1 Predator training squadron at Holloman ...

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 ...

Marines on the East Coast will soon have their own MQ-9A Reaper training unit, which will train pilots and sensor operators from spring 2025. An MQ-9A Reaper from the VMUT-2 (Marine Unmanned Aerial ...

It takes solid partnerships to train with the mighty MQ-9 Reaper. The Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base was gearing up Wednesday for what appeared to be the base’s final day with a General ...