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General Atomics no longer manufactures the MQ-9A, because they've moved on to the MQ-9B; but the US Air Force has been looking into replacing the whole program
by Telemakhos 2mo ago
General Atomics no longer manufactures the MQ-9A, because they've moved on to the MQ-9B; but the US Air Force has been looking into replacing the whole program with a cheaper model that wouldn't hurt so much to lose. This just accelerates the transition already underway from higher-cost, complex UAVs to more expendable models.
- igetspam 2mo agoNot if the funding is blocked.
- jst1fthsdys 2mo agoThe military may want those cheaper models, but will the MIC give it to them?
- verdverm 2mo agoPerhaps not the US MIC, but the UA MIC is more than happy to https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/ukraine-agrees-export-drones-us-pentagon-plan-source-says-2026-07-22/ https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/ukraine-a... They also have their own take on the reaper, unable to find the link today, search has become atrociously bad (over averaged on the wrong words)