The Reaper replaced the Predator in 2018, and the company is hard at work developing a replacement for the Reaper. The program is referred to as MQ-Next, but there are more than a few designs ...

As the field of battle changes, so do the tools the military uses upon it. Take the MQ-9 Reaper Drone, one of the most advanced drones out there.

Armed with missiles and able to stay in the air for 24 hours, the Reaper — and its older cousin, the MQ-1 Predator — became the symbols of Drone Age remote-control warfare. But the skies are ...