General Atomics Aeronautical Systems · Remotely piloted ISR / strike
HISTORICAL FIELD NOTE
Designed for long-endurance remotely piloted operations, the Reaper combines persistent surveillance with the ability to strike time-sensitive targets. A distributed crew can operate the aircraft from far away while forward personnel handle launch and recovery, separating physical basing from much of the mission-control workload.
INTERACTIVE MODEL LOADS WHEN NEARBY
2016 / ModernAirframe B
F-35A Lightning II
Lockheed Martin · Conventional multirole fighter
HISTORICAL FIELD NOTE
The conventional-runway F-35A combines low-observable shaping, sensor fusion, and internal weapons carriage with the lightest airframe and largest internal fuel load of the three F-35 variants. It entered U.S. Air Force operational service in 2016 and is designed for both air-to-air and precision-strike missions.
PERFORMANCE
SPECIFICATION BREAKDOWN
METRICMQ-9 ReaperF-35A Lightning II
Top speed
230 mph cruiseREFERENCE VALUE
Mach 1.6REFERENCE VALUE
Ceiling
50,000 ftREFERENCE VALUE
50,000 ftREFERENCE VALUE
Range
1,150 miREFERENCE VALUE
1,200+ nmiAPPROXIMATE / PUBLISHED
Archive milestone
Service entry · 2007REFERENCE VALUE
Service entry · 2016REFERENCE VALUE
Nation
United StatesDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
United StatesDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
Primary role
Remotely piloted ISR / strikeDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
Conventional multirole fighterDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
Values are concise archive references and can vary by variant, payload, configuration, altitude, operating conditions, and source. Range may describe different published measures where a directly comparable figure is unavailable.
