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The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (sometimes called Predator B) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, one component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS)) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations, developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) primarily for the United States Air Force (USAF).
Propellers: 4 or 6 propellers; Electric motors: 4 or 6 electric motors; Power source: Batteries or combined battery/av gas; Fuselage: Carbon fiber composite; Window: Canopy over cockpit; Wings: Scalable from 4 feet (1.2 m) to 34 feet (10 m) Tail: 1 inverted angled vertical stabilizer; Landing gear: Retractable wheeled landing gear
Manufacturer Tadiran Electronic Systems The Tadiran Mastiff is a battlefield UAV built by Tadiran Electronic Industries of Israel, and regarded by some military historians as the world's first modern military surveillance drone.
The Su-25s made two passes at the drone firing their 30 mm cannon; the Predator was not hit and returned to base. [92] The incident was not revealed publicly until 8 November. The U.S. stated that the Predator was over international waters, 16 miles (26 km) away from Iran and never entered its airspace.
The Army is equipping 15 companies with Gray Eagle drones to go to every active-duty division. Each company will have nine aircraft serviced by 128 soldiers, which would increase to 12 with an additional platoon when deployed. Two to three companies are being fielded annually until 2018. [21]
Toroidal propellers are most commonly used by the aviation and maritime industries. On drones it is used with thrusts comparable to multirotor drone propellers, and on boats with a notable increase in efficiency. Due to its inaudible frequency, the propellers have also been associated with quiet take off and landing protocols and stealth aircraft.
The Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout is an unmanned autonomous helicopter developed by Northrop Grumman for use by the United States Armed Forces. [3] The Fire Scout is designed to provide reconnaissance, situational awareness , aerial fire support and precision targeting support for ground, air and sea forces.
The United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, China, South Korea, Iran, Iraq, Italy, France, India, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, and Poland [2] [3] [4] are known to have manufactured operational UCAVs as of 2019. [5] Drone attacks can be conducted by commercial UCAVs dropping bombs, firing a missile, or crashing into a target. [6]