Reaper

The announcement that testing is underway using GBU-38 JDAM guided-bombs with the American hunter-killer MQ-9 Reaper UAV didn't make a lot of general news coverage, but it is a reminder that drone warfare is getting much cheaper and more precise.

General Atomics Aeronautical System, Inc. (GA-ASI), the maker of the Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) successfully completed the first of several flight tests of a prototype Sense and Avoid (SAA) system, that allows a UAV to see and avoid other aircraft in flight.

August 31, 2007 The US Airforce has announced the deployment of a new squadron of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) into combat zones in Afghanistan and Iraq. Capa

September 14, 2006 The Air Force has announced 'Reaper' has been chosen as the name for the MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle, the Air Force's first hunter-killer