In April 1996, the secretary of defense selected the U.S. Air Force as the operating service for the RQ-1 Predator system. The "R" is the Department of Defense designation for reconnaissance aircraft.

That's when aircraft like the RQ-1 (later MQ-1) Predator first flew the unfriendly skies. Initially, uncrewed aerial vehicles ...

For the first time in its history, the U.S. Air Force has designated two prototype drones as unmanned fighter aircraft, ...

On a sandy island air force base of Oman, a 3-foot-long predator searched for its next meal. Something about the patterned animal caught the attention of nearby scientists — and for good reason.

In a statement, the US Air Force said it will continue to work closely with its industry partners to mature the YFQ-42A and ...

General Atomics’s CCA is a version of its Gambit family of aircraft that borrows much from its XQ-67 aircraft, which was developed through the Air Force’s secretive Off-Board Sensing Station program ...

Britain’s defence industry is facing a fresh overseas takeover threat as a US predator circles a 120 ... with customers including the Royal Air Force. Chemring describes itself as the global ...

On Monday, March 3, 2025, prosecutors Michael Ghutzman and Joel Daniels with the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office ...

But the Predator and the dozen other operational ... During the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, the Israeli Air Force, an aggressive UAV developer, pioneered several important new UAVs ...