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Navy/USMC

Marines To Operate Armed MQ-9 Reaper In ‘Coming Months’

Monday, September 14th, 2020

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Marines To Operate Armed MQ-9 Reaper In ‘Coming Months’

A General Atomics' MQ-9 Reaper, armed with Lockheed Martin GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided munitions and Lockheed Martin AGM-114 Hellfire missiles flies a combat mission over southern Afghanistan (U.S. Air Force Photo)

A Navy official said the Marine Corps is due to start operating an armed MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial system (UAS) within months. “Last year, in response to an urgent need statement from the United States Marine Corps, we helped them acquire an MQ-9 Reaper and operate it outside the continental U.S. in support of forces forward for persistent ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance),” Brian Corey, Program Executive Officer for Unmanned Air Systems and Strike Weapons, said during the virtual AUVSI…

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