WASHINGTON (CNN) --Nearly half the U.S. Air Force's fleet of RQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicles have crashed or been shot down in the years since they've been deployed, according to Air Force ...

In April 1996, the secretary of defense selected the U.S. Air Force as the operating service for the RQ-1 Predator system. The "R" is the Department of Defense designation for reconnaissance aircraft.

The MQ-9 Reaper (together with its MQ-1 Predator predecessor ... one of the great advantages of the drone is its range and ...

So is the purpose of the RQ-170 to carry any combination of the instruments deployed on the Predator, Guardrail, and Liberty into places where those three aircraft can’t go? A former unmanned ...