General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) announced that it has developed the Wildfire unmanned aerial vehicle to replace the MQ-9A Reaper UAV system…
Wildfire is capable of carrying out the long-endurance reconnaissance and strike missions traditionally performed by the Reaper.
Wildfire is being developed as a medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) class unmanned aerial vehicle that is low-cost and suitable for high-rate production.
Wildfire has a ferry range of over 8,000 nautical miles and meets a payload requirement of at least 2,800 pounds.
In long-range strike missions, Wildfire can carry 2 AGM-158C LRASMs or 4 Joint Strike Missiles (JSM).
The platform will feature a modular design capable of carrying various combinations of munitions, sensors, electronic warfare payloads, communication systems, and other mission payloads…