ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — For a stretch of time beginning in the late 1990s, a single block of East State Street quietly became the center of downtown Rockford nightlife. Known simply as “Block 5,” the ...

This FMS will allow Italy to double its MQ-9A fleet, completing the potentiation of the Predator RPA fleet and the modernization to the Block 5 configuration. The U.S. government has approved the ...

The Italian Air Force released the first photos of the new MQ-9A Block 5 delivered last year, shortly after the announcement of a possible Foreign Military Sale to double the RPA fleet. The Italian ...

With five MQ-9A Reapers already in service and being upgraded to the Block 5 configuration, Italy has been approved for a further six at the same standard. (General Atomics Aeronautical Systems) The ...

Next year, the Block 5 Extended Range version of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) MQ-9A Reaper drone is to receive a self-protection pod developed by GA-ASI in concert with U.S.