An MQ-1 Predator sits on the flight line after an aircrew flew one of the last MQ-1 local training sorties Feb. 2, 2018, at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada. (Senior Airman James Thompson/U.S. Air Force) ...

The MQ-1C Predator A+ Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) has been retired after 18 years and +30,000 flight hours. The first Italian Air Force Predator unmanned aircraft were delivered in ...

General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger unmanned combat aerial vehicle autonomously flown with Shield AI’s Hivemind software at Orange Flag exercise. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and tech ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has long been the go-to for the U.S. Air Force's Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Most notably, General Atomics is responsible for the creation of the MQ-1 Predator, ...

While the U.S. military fields an impressive arsenal of unmanned aircraft, the effectiveness of these drones is largely unproven in roles beyond counter-terrorism. In Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and ...

GA-ASI has developed a short takeoff variant of its MQ-1 for austere operations. Credit: GA-ASI The U.S. Army is finalizing plans to buy a new medium-altitude uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) as it ...

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 ...