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The SkyGuardian is currently winging its way across the Atlantic to RAF Fairford

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SkyGuardian UAV embarks on milestone transatlantic flight

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc's (GA-ASI) SkyGuardian drone set out today on its historic transatlantic flight. At 12:48 pm CDT, the MQ-9B MALE RPA took off from Grand Forks, North Dakota and is on its way to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England.

The "fly away" cost of a General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper is currently in the vicinity of $17 million, compared to an estimated price of roughly 10 percent of that figure for the Chinese CASC CH-4 (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's Clever Hawk 4) combat UAV

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Testing begins on budget JDAM guided-bombs with the MQ-9 Reaper UAV

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.

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General Atomics tests UAV that can "sense and avoid" other aircraft

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.

The success of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles like the Predator means the US Air Force will, this year, train more virtual pilots than real pilots(Image: General Atomics)

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Video games finally pay off: Air Force needs more virtual flyers than real pilots

The success of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles like the Predator means the US Air Force will, this year, train more virtual pilots than real pilots

The combination of payload capacity and loiter endurance makes the Reaper highly valuable in Iraq.

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Reaper UAV deployed in Iraq

The MQ-9 Reaper, a hunter-killer UAV with long loitering capability, has completed its first operational mission in Iraq.

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Reaper UAV takes flight in Afghanistan

Britain's most sophisticated unmanned surveillance system, the Reaper UAV, has been deployed in Afghanistan.

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Reaper UAV to be deployed for combat

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

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U.S. Air Force's first hunter-killer UAV named Reaper

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