Tag: MQ-9A

USMC to Receive MQ-9A Reapers in August, Prepare for Revamped MUX

FlightGlobal reports that the US Marine Corps is to receive two MQ-9A Reapers in August to increase its ISR capabilities over the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The MQ-9A Reapers are also being used to “inform future requirements for the service’s revamped MUX (Marine Air-Ground Task Force Unmanned Aircraft System Expeditionary)” program. The MUX program, an effort to buy a multi-purpose VTOL UAV, was put on hold in 2020. The US Marine Corps plans to buy 18 MQ-9As “with additional UAVs to be acquired starting in 2022.”
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USMC Receives Extended Range MQ-9A RPAS from General Atomics

Unmanned Systems Technology reports, “General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has delivered an MQ-9A Reaper® Block 5 Extended Range (ER) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC). The aircraft was officially handed over on April 22, 2025, and is now assigned to Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1), located at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in Arizona.”
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