A Russian fighter jet struck the propeller of a pricey US “Reaper” surveillance drone earlier this week — forcing it to crash into the Black Sea in an incident condemned as “reckless” by the US ...

NAVAIR announced the first flight of the unmanned aircraft with new electronic support and enhanced cross-domain comms. In a post on social media, the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced the ...

A US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed off the coast of South Korea on November 24, 2025, during a routine mission. The ...

FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone sits in a hanger at Amari Air Base (Reuters) - Several U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drones have been orbiting over Gaza amid Israeli strikes and military activity ...

For the first time, a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone has operated from a highway, as part of the latest efforts by the service to generate airpower even when denied access to traditional airfields ...

For almost as long as there's been aerial warfare, unmanned drones always have had a place on the battlefield. As early as World War I, people were strapping bombs to wooden bi-planes with piston ...

The MQ-9 "Reaper" drone operated on a regular highway for the first time. An MQ-9 Reaper flies by August 8, 2007 at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada. The Reaper is the Air Force's first ...

A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter intercepted and downed a U.S. Air Force-operated General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper over the Black Sea Tuesday. The Reaper was conducting an intelligence, surveillance, and ...

Another U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone went down in Yemen, images online purported to show Wednesday. (Airman 1st Class William Rio Rosado/Air Force) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Another U.S. MQ-9 Reaper ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology. She joined ...

The U.S. military maintains a strong drone presence in Japan amid tensions between China and Taiwan.

An MQ-9 Reaper flies a training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range in July 2019. (Airman 1st Class William Rio Rosado/Air Force) WASHINGTON — An American intelligence drone splashed into ...