MQ-X Contender Avenger UAV Takes To The Air

The U.S. Air Force’s plan to acquire a next-generation, stealthy, precision-attack MQ-X unmanned aerial system has a candidate with the first flight of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ extended second variant of its jet-powered Predator C Avenger.

The closely held flight took place Jan. 12 at the company’s ...