General Atomics Flies MQ-9 Reaper UAV to Customer for First Time Written 14 April 2020

Airforce Technology reports that General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA‑ASI) “has flown a new MQ-9 reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) to a customer location for the first time at Holloman Air Force Base (AFB) in New Mexico.” The “flight took off from GA-ASI’s Flight Operations Center in Palmdale, California and flew through the National Airspace System (NAS).” GA-ASI President David Alexander said, “GA-ASI continues to lead the charge towards enabling large unmanned aircraft to fly in the NAS. … Our efforts, along with other partners, are gaining momentum and successfully flying the MQ-9 to our US Air Force (USAF) customer further demonstrates the safety and efficiency of RPA flight in the broader airspace.”
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