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General Atomics MQ-9

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Lift type	Fixed wing
Construction type	Factory-built
Control type	Autonomous
Engine type	Turboprop
Application	Attack, Surveillance
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UAV with turboprop pusher, Pro Line Fusion used in ground control station. Also known as Predator B. Includes Altair, Avenger, Mariner, Reaper, SkyGuardian, Sea Guardian, Mojave and MQ-9B RPA variants.

Type variants

Variant	Launch/First flight	Production end
General Atomics MQ-9A-25	/ 2022		Multi-Domain Operations ready variant with integreation of Open Mission Systems and new sensors to expand reconnaissance capabilities
General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper	1998 / 2001		Long endurance UAV, used to be called Predator B until renaming in 2006.
General Atomics MQ-9B SeaGuardian	2018 / 2018		Maritime patrol variant.
General Atomics MQ-9B Protector	2018 / 2018		Armed variant of SkyGuardian.
General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian	2018 / 2018		Weaponised variant, used to be called Certifiable Predator B.
General Atomics Mojave	2021 / 2021		Upgraded variant with STOL capability, derived from both MQ-9A Reaper and MQ-1C Gray ER systems. Demonstrator for GE STOL (described separately).

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