In 2013, Iranian F-4 Phantom jets learned firsthand that older fighters are no match for America’s stealthy F-22 Raptors.

Drone aircraft—or, as the Air Force prefers ... with vehicles flown in 12-hour shifts. Renamed the Predator, it quickly became the U.S. military’s preferred surveillance tool.

The MQ-1 Predator drone, operational from 1995 until its ... “You have to be a qualified aircraft operator before you can launch the drone, so we run initial qualification programs for several ...

The definitive image of the modern drone is that of the General Atomics MQ-1 Predator laden with a Hellfire anti-tank missile on each wing. The Predator is an unmistakable aircraft featuring a ...

But a Predator providing surveillance along the ... That’s one in a million. For unmanned aircraft, he said, it’s more like a ten-to-the-minus-four thing. That’s one in 10,000.

Strauss co-founded WaveAerospace 10 years ago with Steve Bofill, who worked on the MQ-1 Predator drone at General Atomics before doing ... to be using these small aircraft are ... when conditions are ...

The other was the military, which carried out surveillance missions with unmanned aircraft like the General Atomics Predator. Then came 9/11, followed by the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq ...

About GA-ASI General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is the world's foremost builder of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States has given an initial approval for the energy-rich Mideast nation of Qatar to buy eight armed MQ-9B Predator drones for its military ...