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General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper and General Atomics MQ-1 Predator

The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (also known as Predator B) is an unmanned combat aerial vehicle. It's able to perform an autonomous flight operations or remotely controlled ones (with a human ground controller). It was developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and the main reason of its creation were the combat needs of United States Air Force. MQ-1 Predator - UCAV (unmanned combat aerial vehicle) manufactured by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems - an American defense and energy corporation. It was used by United States Air Force and Central Intelligence Agency. The drone was used in Afghanistan, Pakistan, as well as during the intervention of NATO in Bosnia. Recently, it was used in 2014, during the intervention in Syria.

Name:	General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper	General Atomics MQ-1 Predator
Type:	long-endurance, high-altitude	medium-altitude, long-endurance
Origin:	United States	United States
Produced:	2007	1995–2018
Unit cost:	-	-

Full description:	Description, operators	Description, operators

Specifications

Range:	1,900 km (1,200 mi)	1,250 km (777 mi)
Max speed:	482 km/h	217 km/h
Service ceiling:	15,420 m	7,600 m
Weight empty:	2,223 kg (4,901 lb)	513 kg (1,130 lb)
Weight max:	4,760 kg (10,494 lb)	1020 kg (2,249 lb)

Armament:	7 hardpoints, on the two inboard weapons stations 680kg, on the two middle stations 340 kg, on the outboard stations 68 kg	2 hardpoints to carry combinations of 2 × AGM-114 Hellfire (MQ-1B), 4 × AIM-92 Stinger (MQ-1B), 6 × AGM-176 Griffin air-to-surface missiles

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Dimensions

Length:	11 m	8.23 m
Width:	20 m	14.8 m
Height:	3.81 m	2.1 m

Images

General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper

Author: By Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt - commons file, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68095681 License

General Atomics MQ-1 Predator

Author: By Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt - afrc.af.mil, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68261178 License