General Atomics MQ-9

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands has selected Airbus’ H225M Caracal transport helicopter as the future rotary-wing mount of the country’s special forces.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands has begun buying weapons to support the arming of its newly acquired MQ-9 Reaper uncrewed air systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
Bilateral business groups from the United Arab Emirates and India, Israel and the U.S. have joined forces to support a new economic partnership.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Helen Chachaty
The country’s latest military programming law was presented to the Council of Ministers on April 4.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is planning the largest transatlantic crossing of combat aircraft since the lead-up to the 1990-1991 Gulf War this summer.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The German Navy wants to expand its planned fleet of Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and acquire uncrewed air systems to supplement them.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
EUCOM released the video from the MQ-9A’s belly-mounted MTS-B sensor on March 16 after Russia denied that the intercept by two Su-27s led to a collision.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. is not yet sure if a pair of Russian fighters intended to down an MQ-9 Reaper UAV over the Black Sea on March 14.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The incident over the Black Sea comes after a string of unsafe encounters reported by U.S. and UK military aircraft since October.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force will buy three new General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Steve Trimble
UAE defense companies are showing off systems that if fielded could move the country into the category of makers of large autonomous combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
U.S. pushes for more Ukraine aid; U.S. tankers grounded; Polish MQ-9 flights to start; and replacing Russian platforms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has established a partnership with Divergent Technologies to develop 3D-printed UAV structures.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The platforms will be used by the Polish Air Force with their operations likely focused along the country’s border with Belarus and Russian exclave Kaliningrad.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands is looking to purchase additional payloads for its General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
The NATO pod was developed by Spanish company Sener in collaboration with General Atomics.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Central Command boss said Sept. 17 that the white Toyota Corolla targeted by the strike belonged to an aid worker who did not pose a threat to the U.S.-led evacuation at nearby Hamid Karzai International Airport.
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

By Tony Osborne
General Atomics has completed a flight of one of its MQ-9 medium-altitude, long endurance uncrewed air systems over Canada’s High North.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Senior Dutch defense officials were present for a ceremony held at General Atomics’ Reaper production line in Poway, California on July 7 for the unveiling of the Block 5-model aircraft, the first of four systems being acquired for the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The fiscal 2022 spending request forwarded to Congress on May 28 proposes fewer units of aircraft across all fleets, including fighters; mobility; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and rotorcraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Two senators proposed a bill on April 16 to ensure sales of Lockheed Martin F-35s to Middle Eastern countries could not escape a full vetting process
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Destroying enemy fighters has emerged as the initial focus of the U.S. Air Force's nearly year-old MQ-Next program, which seeks to field a replacement for the MQ-9 by the end of the decade.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Jen DiMascio, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne
Since the MQ-9 caught on as a way for the U.S. to track insurgents during its so-called war on terrorism, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles has revolutionized warfare, but will its future hold?
Defense

By Steve Trimble
A picture released by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems shows the Sparrowhawk aircraft as a wing store on an MQ-9 Reaper UAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion