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Yemen: Yemeni air defenses continue to target the US MQ-9 drones with advanced Yemeni weapons, bewildering and terrifying the Americans.    The MQ-9 is one of the latest American drones, featuring high technological specifications, including an advanced radar system, high-resolution cameras, and sensors capable of scanning an area with …

The US Navy has deployed a second MQ-4C Triton maritime surveillance aircraft to Japan’s Kadena Air Base, besides scores of MQ-9 Reapers, marking a significant step in enhancing intelligence gathering and surveillance capabilities in the region.   As confirmed by an official from Japan’s Ministry of Defense to Okinawa Times, the …

Yemen: Five MQ-9 Reaper drones, symbolic of American drone technology prowess, have fallen prey to Yemeni Air Defenses since November 2023. Notably, approximately 10 percent of this drone type has been shot down in Yemen, considering the US Air Force’s ownership of around 90 drones. What does this indicate? …

While China continues its aggressive posturing against the island state of Taiwan, the latter is focused on bolstering its military capability. In a technological breakthrough, its indigenously developed drone ‘Teng Yun 2’, pitched as Taiwan’s MQ-9 Reaper UAV and looking quite similar to the US counterpart, has achieved a new …

The Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has awarded a $93.3 million contract to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI), makers of the MQ-9 Reaper, to equip the drone with new AI technology. The aim is for the Reaper to be able to carry out autonomous flight, decide where to direct …

On 3 June, the US Air Force issued a request for information to industry, to conduct market research on available technologies as well as conceptual designs for a new drone. Several US defence companies have lined up to present their concepts of a new stealthy drone amid the US Air …

MQ-9 SRC helped General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business integrate and test an embedded computing architecture with an MQ-9 Reaper drone as part of an Air Force Research Laboratory effort to facilitate autonomous missions. The Agile Condor Pod, which flew on the remotely piloted aircraft for a demonstration at the General Atomics-managed Flight Test and Training Center …