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ProgramsGeneral Atomics MQ-9

Aircraft program

General Atomics MQ-9

In production

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.

Lift type
Fixed wing
Construction
Factory-built
Control
Autonomous
Engine type
Turboprop
Application
Attack, Surveillance

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
General Atomics MQ-9A-25 / 2022Multi-Domain Operations ready variant with integreation of Open Mission Systems and new sensors to expand reconnaissance capabilities
General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper1998 / 2001Long endurance UAV, used to be called Predator B until renaming in 2006.
General Atomics MQ-9B SeaGuardian2018 / 2018Maritime patrol variant.
General Atomics MQ-9B Protector2018 / 2018Armed variant of SkyGuardian.
General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian2018 / 2018Weaponised variant, used to be called Certifiable Predator B.
General Atomics Mojave2021 / 2021Upgraded 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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