General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper

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combat drone military aircraft remotely piloted aircraft unmanned aerial vehicle

The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper is a U.S.-designed, remotely piloted combat drone primarily used for long-endurance intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strike missions.

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Surface form	Occurrences
MQ-9 Reaper	6

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	combat drone ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ remotely piloted aircraft ⓘ unmanned aerial vehicle ⓘ
armament	AGM-114 Hellfire ⓘ surface form: AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles Paveway series guided bombs ⓘ surface form: GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs Mk 82 bomb ⓘ surface form: GBU-38 JDAM bombs
conflictUsedIn	Iraq War ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ surface form: War in Afghanistan military intervention against ISIL ⓘ
controlSystem	line-of-sight data link ⓘ satellite data link ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crew	0 on board ⓘ remote pilot and sensor operator ⓘ
cruiseSpeed	about 310 km/h ⓘ
developedFrom	MQ-1 Predator ⓘ surface form: General Atomics MQ-1 Predator
endurance	over 24 hours ⓘ
engineModel	Honeywell TPE331-10 turboprop ⓘ
engineType	turboprop ⓘ
firstFlight	2001 ⓘ
hardpoints	7 ⓘ
height	3.8 m ⓘ
introduced	2007 ⓘ
length	11 m ⓘ
manufacturer	General Atomics ⓘ surface form: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
maximumSpeed	about 480 km/h ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight	4760 kg ⓘ
operatorType	military ⓘ
payloadCapacity	1700 kg ⓘ
powerplant	1 × Honeywell TPE331-10 turboprop ⓘ
primaryMission	armed reconnaissance ⓘ long-endurance ISR ⓘ
range	over 1800 km ⓘ
role	close air support ⓘ intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ⓘ precision strike ⓘ targeted killing ⓘ
sensor	AN/AAS-52 multispectral targeting system ⓘ synthetic aperture radar ⓘ
serviceCeiling	15000 m ⓘ
status	in service ⓘ
usedBy	Belgian Air Force ⓘ surface form: Belgian Air Component French Air Force ⓘ surface form: French Air and Space Force German Air Force ⓘ Aeronautica Militare ⓘ surface form: Italian Air Force Polish Air Force ⓘ Republic of Korea Air Force ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Moroccan Air Force ⓘ Royal Netherlands Air Force ⓘ Spanish Air Force ⓘ surface form: Spanish Air and Space Force United States Air Force ⓘ U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ surface form: United States Customs and Border Protection
wingspan	20 m ⓘ