On October 27, 2025, the U.S. military launched a high-profile anti-narcotics operation off Colombia's Pacific coast, ...

At least two MQ-9 Reaper drones were spotted in Puerto Rico, joining 10 F-35 fighter jets recently deployed to the region. By Nicholas Slayton Published Sep 12, 2025 4:14 PM EDT The U.S. military has ...

The technological evolutions of the MQ-9 drone have ushered a new era of warfare in which killing a target is easier than ...

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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 ...

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — The U.S. military is planning to deploy the MQ-9 Reaper drone to an air base in South Korea for its first long-term rotation in the country, according to news reports ...

GA-ASI and AeroVironment demonstrate first-ever air launch of Switchblade 600 from MQ-9A, advancing drone mothership concepts for smaller UAS. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and ...

The Air Force brought a permanent deployment of MQ-9 Reaper drones to South Korea on Monday to serve as a surveillance and reconnaissance unit, and in doing so, revived a World War II-era squadron.

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 MQ-9 Reaper has increasingly fallen behind newer drone variants—and grown more susceptible to anti-air efforts from the ground. The GA-ASI MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is the first ...

Amentum Services will provide organizational-level maintenance support for the MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft systems, or RPAs, under a $995 million U.S. Air Force contract. The Chantilly, ...

The MQ-9 has been widely used for counterterrorism operations, close air support, and border surveillance missions. The General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper is a remotely piloted aircraft ...