The new RPA was delivered, along with a new Mobile Ground Control Station, as part of a Mid-Life Modernization of the Italian fleet of Predator RPAs. General Atomics just disclosed that on Nov.9, 2023 ...

This FMS will allow Italy to double its MQ-9A fleet, completing the potentiation of the Predator RPA fleet and the modernization to the Block 5 configuration. The U.S. government has approved the ...

With five MQ-9A Reapers already in service and being upgraded to the Block 5 configuration, Italy has been approved for a further six at the same standard. (General Atomics Aeronautical Systems) The ...

Next year, the Block 5 Extended Range version of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) MQ-9A Reaper drone is to receive a self-protection pod developed by GA-ASI in concert with U.S.