| The MQ-1 Predator is a medium-altitude; | | | | can employ two laser-guided Hellfire anti-tank missiles |
| long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft built by | | | | with the MTS ball. Powered by a 115-horsepower |
| General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and entered | | | | Rotax 914F piston engine, the Predator can operate |
| service with United States Air Force in 1995. The | | | | from 5,000-by-75-foot hard-surface runways. It |
| MQ-1's primary mission is conducting armed | | | | needs line-of-sight communications for takeoff and |
| reconnaissance against targets and interdiction. | | | | landing, though the PPSL provides over-the-horizon |
| The MQ-1 Predator is a fully operational system that | | | | control and communications. |
| consists of four aircraft with censors, a ground | | | | The MQ-1 Predator had been in successful combat |
| control station, and a Predator Primary Satellite Link | | | | since 1995 over Afghanistan, Serbia, Yemen, |
| (PPSL). This UAV can carry two AGM-114 Hellfire | | | | Pakistan, Iraq and is known as the Top 1 Unmanned |
| missile targeting capability and integrates | | | | Aerial Vehicle for its advance technology |
| electro-optical, infrared, laser designator and laser | | | | performance and advantageous operations. |
| illuminator into a single sensor package. The aircraft | | | | |