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Air Force Life Cycle Management Center s MQ-9 Program Office is moving forward with several fleet enhancement capabilities aimed at increasing the
The MQ-9 is an unmanned aircraft with intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and strike capability, traditionally used for Counter-Violent Extremist Organization combat operations. That mission is now shifting.
The MQ-9 is demonstrating it is still a relevant platform as it supports
United States European Command and is now set to receive a suite of upgrades to allow the platform to offer a host of new capabilities for combatant commanders and warfighters around the world.
The Air Force will award the first delivery order of planned MQ-9 Multi-Domain Operation aircraft – which will include several new upgrades from previous production builds – to
MQ-9 Reaper improvements expected to extend service life
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The U.S. Air Force announced improvements on Wednesday to the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle to extend its service life. Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force
April 21 (UPI) Upgrades to the fleet of MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft will increase its effectiveness, the U.S. Air Force announced on Wednesday.
Some existing versions of the drone aircraft will receive retrofit enhancements already installed on versions currently in production by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems.
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Called the M2DO configuration, the improvements include additional anti-jamming properties, a boost in available electrical power and an open architecture design of the platform to encourage integration of new capabilities.
The
Air Force Life Cycle Management Center s MQ-9 Program Office is moving forward with several fleet enhancement capabilities aimed at increasing the
The MQ-9 is an unmanned aircraft with intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and strike capability, traditionally used for Counter-Violent Extremist Organization combat operations. That mission is now shifting.
The MQ-9 is demonstrating it is still a relevant platform as it supports
United States European Command and is now set to receive a suite of upgrades to allow the platform to offer a host of new capabilities for combatant commanders and warfighters around the world.
The Air Force will award the first delivery order of planned MQ-9 Multi-Domain Operation aircraft – which will include several new upgrades from previous production builds – to
The MQ-9 is an unmanned aircraft with intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and strike capability, traditionally used for Counter-Violent Extremist Organization (C-VEO) combat operations. That mission is now shifting.
The MQ-9 is demonstrating that it is still a relevant platform as it supports new missions in United States European Command (EUCOM) and is now set to receive a suite of upgrades to allow the platform to offer a host of new capabilities for Combatant Commanders and warfighters around the world.
The Air Force will award the first delivery order of planned MQ-9 Multi-Domain Operation (M2DO) aircraft – which will include several new upgrades from previous production builds– to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) in April 2021. The Air Force is also retrofitting a portion of the already fielded MQ-9 fleet to the same M2DO configuration, allowing the Air Force to leverage current fleet numbers to meet future warfighter requirements thr