U.S. Marine Corps Begins Major MQ-9A UAS Procurement
The remotely piloted aircraft will be used to stand up an MQ-9A(ER) squadron in Hawaii to support U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
One of VMU-1’s MQ-9As appears at its Yuma base. The first two MQ-9As were flown under a contractor-owned/contractor-operated arrangement with General Atomics, but are now government-owned. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps)
