General Atomics MQ-9

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.

North Korea has unveiled two “new” uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) at its Weaponry Exhibition-2023.

Russia’s harassment of U.S. aircraft continues over Syria, this time with an Su-35 fighter damaging an MQ-9 Reaper UAV, forcing it to land.

The Pentagon is again accusing Russia of unsafe operations in the Middle East releasing a video taken July 5 that shows a Russian Su-35 harassing a U.S. MQ-9.

The service is investing in new ISR, UAS and combat air capabilities as it prepares for a new era of data-driven defense.

A joint statement hailed the agreement as a “trailblazing initiative that would “enable greater transfer of U.S. jet engine technology than ever before.”

The U.S. manufacturer of MQ-9 Reapers has renewed its campaign to get the Biden administration to support transfers of the UAS to Ukraine.

Germany’s labored defense modernization contrasts dramatically with neighboring Poland’s lavish spending, but why are nations struggling to spend the money?