The U.S. Air Force has started an effort to eventually arm its MQ-9 unmanned aircraft with air-to-air missiles, Jane’s reported.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Ridgeway [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
To kick start the process, the service announced on Mar. 7 that General Atomics will be developing the Reaper Air-to-Air Missile (RAAM) Aviation Simulation (AVSIM).