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FAS | Intelligence | Programs | Collect |||| Index | Search | Join FAS RQ-1 Predator MAE UAV Recent Developments On 21 February 2001 a Hellfire-C that was fired from a Predator successfully destroyed a stationary Army tank at the Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Airfield near Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. This weaponization of Predator includes installing hard points on the wings and ...

Predator (MAE UAV) Program General Predator, also identified as the Medium Altitude Endurance (MAE) or Tier II UAV, is a derivative of the Gnat 750 (Tier I) UAV. In July 1996, Predator completed its 30-month ACTD program and is transitioning to low-rate initial production (LRIP) in the formal acquisition arena. The system provides long-range, long-dwell, near-real-time imagery intelligence ...