Latest Q-9 Stories
USAF Special Ops Buys MQ-9B SkyGuardians To Test Air-Launched Drone Concepts
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Mar 7, 2023
Cruise Missiles Could Get Added To MQ-9’s Arsenal
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 1, 2023
The Case For Ukraine Acquiring MQ-9 Reapers
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Feb 27, 2023
MQ-9 Reapers Offered To Ukraine For $1, But Relevancy Questions Remain
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Feb 2, 2023
Mysterious Pod Carried By Air Force Reaper Drone That Crashed In Romania
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 20, 2022
Eaglet Air-Launched Drone Aims To Help Its Mothership Survive In Army Tests
By Howard Altman / Updated May 19, 2022
New Kit Will Allow MQ-9 Reaper To Fly From Navy Flattops
By Dan Parsons / Updated May 10, 2022
General Atomics’ Rough Field-Capable Mojave Drone Breaks Cover
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 9, 2021
MQ-9 Reaper Tests Prove It Can Operate From Unprepared Locations On The Fly
By Brett Tingley / Updated Jul 19, 2021
Northrop Grumman’s Plan To Replace The MQ-9 Reaper With Stealthy Autonomous Drones
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 27, 2020
Satellite Image Of RQ-170 Taxiing By MQ-9 Gives Best Size Estimate Yet Of Stealth Drone
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jun 6, 2020
Abrupt End Of Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Buys Points To New Focus On Survivable Drones
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 27, 2020
Detailed Image Comes To Light Of Secretive Drone Test Base Near Area 51
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 24, 2019
Glimpse Of The Future?: MC-130 Sets Up Forward Refueling Point For MQ-9 Reaper Drone
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2019
Massive US Counterstrike Against Assad’s Forces Signals New Stage Of Syrian Civil War
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2019
The USAF Expands MQ-9 Reaper Drone Force in Afghanistan to Its Largest Size Ever
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2019
The US Navy May End Up Flying the Air Force’s Unwanted MQ-1 Predator Drones
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2019
General Atomics Is the First to Show Off Its MQ-25 Drone Tanker Design
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
Houthi Rebels Shoot Down U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Over Yemen
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
The USAF Tested an Advanced, Modular Sensor Pod on a Vintage Airliner
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
USAF Reaper Drones Can Finally Drop GPS Guided Joint Direct Attack Munitions
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
Iran Tried To Shoot Down U.S. Reaper Drone Near Tankers Hours Before Attacks: Report
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 14, 2019
Marines Lay Out Plans For Their Own MQ-9 Reaper Drone Force In New Budget Request
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 12, 2019
Heat-Seeking Missile-Armed MQ-9 Reaper Shot Down Target Drone During Exercise
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Sep 19, 2018
USAF Reveals Details About Some Of Its Most Secretive Drone Units With New Awards
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 13, 2018
USAF Officially Retires MQ-1 Predator While MQ-9 Reaper Set To Gain Air-To-Air Missiles
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 10, 2018