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