General Atomics MQ-9

Danish lawmakers have agreed on a plan to purchase long-range UAS to patrol the Arctic and North Atlantic.

Germany’s navy is to perform a series of flight trials this year with the General Atomics MQ-9 SeaGuardian uncrewed aircraft system.

The long-expected contract award will extend MQ-9B operations to deep within the Arctic Circle.

Despite the conflict in Gaza, the Middle East’s military modernization is continuing.

Hypersonic test company Stratolaunch completed the first taxi test of the Roc carrier aircraft and rocket-configured Talon TA-1 vehicle.

With orders for Edge’s Reach-S UAS, the United Arab Emirates has joined the growing list of nations capable of developing armed drones.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. will get a chance next year to prove the Predator is worthy of a long-term contract from the U.S. Navy.

The UK Royal Air Force has completed the first flight of its new General Atomics Protector uncrewed aircraft system in UK airspace.

Divergent Technologies, an advanced manufacturing startup, has closed a $230 million Series D fundraising round.

Edge Group has partnered with GA-ASI to integrate United Arab Emirates-made weapons onto the MQ-9B uncrewed air system, which the UAE is working to acquire from the U.S.

A brief visual reference to the MQ-9B kicked off the Dubai International Air Chiefs Conference on Nov. 12.

Houthi air defenses downed a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper over the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen on Nov. 8 in another increase in tensions in the Middle East.

The Pentagon on Nov. 3 confirmed that unarmed MQ-9s have been operating above Gaza for weeks to help with hostage recovery efforts.

The unarmed MQ-9s will fly in direct support of NATO’s so-called air-shielding mission, monitoring activity along Ukraine’s borders with alliance member states.

The UK Royal Air Force has re-formed a squadron to fly the General Atomics Protector uncrewed aircraft system.

An MQ-20 Avenger uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) has taken a small step on a flight test path to an inflight recovery of another small UAS.

The U.s. Air Force Special Operations Command plan is called the Adaptive Airborne Enterprise.

General Atomics has acquired EO Vista, a company that develops electro-optical sensors for satellites and aircraft.

The Satellite Launch and Recovery Package will enable U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) to have a smaller logistics and personnel footprint for MQ-9 operations.

Authors of a new study see increasingly autonomous UAS as helping China limit the number of casualties it might face in a conflict and boost its industrial base.

The UK Royal Air Force says personnel are now undertaking the first instructor operating course on Protector simulators at General Atomics’ facility in the U.S.

India’s acquisition of 31 General Atomics MQ-9B UAS from the U.S. could boost the subcontinent’s status as a defense MRO hub, according to former Indian Defense Secretary Ajay Kumar.

The Mohajer-10 is also described by IRNA as having a 24-hr. endurance, an altitude ceiling of 7,000 meters and a fuel capacity of 450 liters.

Members of Niger’s military rose up against President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been under house arrest since July 26.

RTX business Collins Aerospace has announced that integration of its MS-110 sensor onto the F-16 aircraft has been completed.