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