Air Force orders eight MQ-9 Block 5 Reaper attack drones

摘要

U.S. Air Force unmanned systems experts are ordering eight MQ-9 Reaper Block 5 attack drones from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems in Poway, Calif. Officials of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, announced a $72.1 million order for Reaper armed unmanned aerial vehicles. Reaper is a variation of the General Atomics MQ-1 Predator that is designed for surveillance and attack missions using a suite of airborne sensors and the AGM-114 Hell-fire air-to-ground missile.