DefenceTalkGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) today announced the longest endurance flight of the Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Big Wing aircraft, a next-generation derivative of the combat-proven Predator B RPA. “This long-endurance flight demonstrates Predator B Big Wing’s game-changing potential for providing life-saving persistent ISR [Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance] in support of U.S. and coalition warfighters,” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/predator-b-big-wing-flies-over-37-hours-non-stop-67584/

DefenceTalkThe US Air Force on Tuesday showed off its advanced MQ-1 “Predator” drone at a Latvian airbase, marking the first time the cutting-edge aircraft has been deployed in Europe. The showcase at the central Lielvarde airbase comes as tensions run high in the Baltic states — Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia — with neighboring Russia over its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-unveils-predator-drones-at-latvian-airbase-65299/

DefenceTalkKANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan: An MQ-1 Predator assigned here recently became the first Predator to pass 20,000 flying hours over Afghanistan, a feat equivalent to flying 15 hours every other day, for 2,667 days. While the Predator remotely piloted aircraft program surpassed one million hours of total development, test, training and combat in August 2011, this […]https://www.defencetalk.com/predator-passes-20000-hour-mark-in-afghanistan-47933/

DefenceTalkThe German government wants to buy unmanned drones from the United States, or Israel, but the opposition does not see a necessity for these aircraft, which can be used as bomb-toting weapons, or for reconnaissance. Minister of Defense Thomas de Maizière, of Germany’s Christian Democratic Party (CDU), is quite clear about why the German Armed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/drones-for-the-german-military-stir-controversy-47674/