The Week In Defense, Oct. 2-9, 2020

Jen DiMascio October 02, 2020
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
The 556h Test and Evaluation Sqdn. at Creech AFB, Nevada, flight tested an MQ-9 with eight Hellfire missiles for the first time.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
U.S. Air Force Tests MQ-9 Equipped for “Persistent Attack” For the first time, the U.S. Air Force conducted a flight test of the MQ-9A Reaper carrying eight live AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, which doubles the capacity the unmanned aircraft was originally designed to hold. The 556th Test and Evaluation...
Jen DiMascio

Based in Washington, Jen previously managed Aviation Week’s worldwide defense, space and security coverage.

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