The General Atomics MQ-1 Predator (often referred to as the Predator drone) is an American remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) built by General Atomics that was used primarily by the United States Air Force …

An MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle and F-16 Fighting Falcon return from an Operation Iraqi Freedom combat mission. Both aircraft provide intelligence, search and reconnaissance gathering …

Sep 2, 2022 · The RQ-1 Predator is a long-endurance, medium-altitude unmanned aircraft system for surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

Aug 21, 2025 · Discover how the MQ-1 Predator drone revolutionized military reconnaissance and precision strikes, changing modern warfare forever.

Nov 24, 2025 · Predator is the only reconnaissance system available in the U.S. inventory that can provide near real-time video imagery day or night in all weather conditions via satellite worldwide - …

With modifications to its wing length, propeller, avionics, and engine cooling system, it has served as the prototype for subsequent MQ-IL aircraft. As an aerospace milestone, the Predator marked several …

The MQ-1B Predator is an armed, multi-mission, medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft that is employed primarily as an intelligence-collection asset and secondarily against...

The MQ-1B Predator is a medium-altitude, long-endurance, unmanned aircraft system. The Predator's primary missions are close air support, air interdiction, and intelligence, surveillance and …

Entering combat on the eve of the war on terror, the MQ-1 Predator was a new aircraft for a new age of irregular warfare. But it also fitted with the principle of precision warfare that had been entrenched in …

The history of one government project, the GNAT 750 and its rapid evolution into today’s Predator UAV —America’s first operational long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or …