The MQ-9B 'Reaper' Drone UAV | NEW NORTHERN REAPERS

Some new aircraft will be coming to Canada in the future.
The MQ-9 Reaper is the primary offensive strike unmanned aerial vehicle for the U.S. Air Force but soon able to be added to Canadian Air force capability. Given its significant loiter time, wide-range sensors, multi-mode communications suite, and precision weapons -- it provides a unique capability to perform strike, coordination, and reconnaissance against high-value, fleeting, and time-sensitive targets.
Reapers can also perform the following missions and tasks: intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, close air support, combat search and rescue, precision strike, buddy-laser, convoy/raid overwatch, route clearance, target development, and terminal air guidance.
The Reaper is part of a remotely piloted aircraft system. A fully operational system consists of several sensor/weapon-equipped aircraft, ground control station, Predator Primary Satellite Link, and spare equipment along with operations and maintenance crews for deployed 24-hour missions.
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[@_Matsimus_]

What is your favorite drone or UAV and why did you pick it? Let me know!

[@LawNeu]

Global hawk is cool

[@tacsquirrel]

Birds

[@keithmoore5306]

i despise drones for for a massive number of reasons that we don't have the room to list here!!!

[@jamesbrown5262]

Raven, squad level drone, proven track record, multiple countries use them.

[@LittleBigChina]

I was interested to see the Mojave drone land and take off from the HMS Prince of Wales recently - interesting future there.

[@vojtechpribyl7386]

I just love those mini B-2s, like the RQ-170, but currently it got strong competition from the MQ-28 that's in development. That thing looks like a beast of the future.

[@Pincer88]

I hope that in the longer term HALE (High Altitude, Long Endurance) UAVs like the Global Hawk and Triton will see Canadian service as well, as these can move faster to areas requiring surveillance, cover a larger area and can stay up considerably longer.

[@viper29ca]

Good drones, unfortunately they are unarmed (at least for now). Great for surveillance, not so much for putting rounds on target. Would need another asset for that.

[@jamesbrown5262]

Would like to see anything about underwater drones.

[@coochykilla]

its definitely a subject that isnt talked about enough

[@philchristmas4071]

Always happy to see Canada strengthen their military capabilities.

[@ingemar_von_zweigbergk]

the first Transformers movie was the best of them

[@woltews]

the altitude they fly in is frequently in the -50c even in places like Afghanistan where they flew a lot

[@416to613]

Flying in cold air isn't the problem. It's the icing conditions at lower altitudes.

[@woltews]

@416to613 at least in the far north the air is normally extremely dry as most of the water is in solid form and that which is a liquid is cold and cold water dosnt form a vapore as well as warm water ( relative humidity is based on the % of water vapor in the air compared to its maximum holding capability but at 0C one kilogram of air can hold under 1g of water so the relative humidity looks quite high but in reality there is almost no water in the air )

[@416to613]

@woltews Icing conditions are dependent on season and latitude. We aren't just concerned about exclusively operating them in cold Arctic air. Icing conditions off Nova Scotia, for example, are bad enough that OEMs often do icing trials there with new aircraft.

[@woltews]

@@416to613 but the concern was operating them in conditions peculate to Canada they have already been operated in areas like Washington state and Michigan and the American north-east cost ( ok I tried looking up what the ice accumulations on Gander were but found no data but I find that actually Washington -BC - Alaska ( especially Alaska !) are generally considered the worst for aircraft icing as the air rises rapidly due to the mountains with accumulations of up to 2 inches and ice building up on prop blades flying off and hitting the fuselage as reported by pilots )

[@puirYorick]

This also addresses (partly) the trouble with finding enough qualified fast-jet pilots to serve even the minimal quantity of jets in RCAF.

[@dmacpher]

Canadair CL-89 and 289 are my fave. Canada was way ahead of the game in the 60s and 70s

[@soumyajitsingha9614]

As an Indian I love the MQ 9B of our Navy

[@firstnamegklsodascb4277]

The mq-9 is an underrated icon

[@Colinpark]

My favourite was the Canadair "Peanut" I also worked with DRES in Suffield in the 1980's when Canada was looking to build their own "RPAS" as they were known. We did a arty shoot using a TV camera on the drone. Also my MWO was in the battery that used rocket launched drones in the 1960's which flew off the back of a Deuce and flew a pre-programmed flight taking pictures using a mechanical time. Which then crashlanded back behind our lines and the film developed.

[@verrico7536]

Matsimus!! I qualified for all trades after completing my CFAT :)

[@wpherigo1]

Nice work, Matt.

[@jasonz7788]

Solid work 👍 thank you

[@rschrader]

Awesome - they’ll enter service ten years from now, when they’ll be obsolete… 😞

[@bigvaxmeanie925]

What makes them obsolete?

[@rschrader]

@@bigvaxmeanie925 In 2033 the Reaper will be 33 years old. Obsolete means old. Especially after performance data from current conflicts gets analyzed and newer and more capable UAV platforms will be designed and rolling out in the early 2030’s.

[@ronboe6325]

It would be uber cool to have a Reaper on ski's. :)

[@apathtrampledbydeer8446]

Does anyone else have the urge to put a saddle on one of these and ride it?

[@omarrp14]

You should do a video on your awards that you’ve gotten in both militaries, and other forms of recognition (like how the US gives Coins). Also how you got them, and which award you are most proud of. Maybe even which awards/skill badge (like airborne) you strive for. Maybe talk about stuff like if the awards transferred/converted. Going over the awards given by both nations and maybe comparing to US counterparts. This is something that you could easily keep on the back burner to please the algorithm by maintaining upload frequency.

[@robandcheryls]

Great Job Sgt 😉

[@Shnap1337]

Fingers crossed for an operator training program signing bonus, hell, I'll even bring my own controller

[@timmyburch9126]

The US Army has had 12 General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagles in Fairbanks Alaska for almost a decade.

[@steveshoemaker6347]

It is good to see one of your awesome video's .......lt is always very cold flying at high altitude where the Reaper fly's anywhere in the world..... Old F-4 Phantom 2 Shoe🇺🇸

[@maxschmiemann6623]

Happy to see this purchase, we need to properly get on the board with these flight systems. We paid far too much though, and the timeline is loose....but a good purchase. Heading the right direction...just that weak procurement department undercutting the efficiency of modernization lol. Merry Christmas Matsimus, regards.

[@stingingmetal9648]

Nonsense. We need to rethink and reformat from the ground up. We should be producing our own.

[@Marinealver]

Perun has entered the chat.

[@mcburcke]

Why is this acquisition being dragged out over the next ten years? Puh-leeze...

[@maxschmiemann6623]

Totally agree with you. We need a start however with strategic level drones, not the tactical/battlefield types (although, those too). We lack the design experience, the data integration/data-link experience for smooth targeting/operations....the whole schebang. It is a start. To your point our defense base is non-existent and needs a full re-create. @@stingingmetal9648

[@maxschmiemann6623]

We are last in line for rders. Canada is not well regarded in the defense industries for acquisitions/shipment and are considered a side show to more major powers with order five times ours..@@mcburcke

[@abialo2010]

i have a buddy who is in the 2-10 comanche platoon. he was saying because budget cuts the last few years theyve been shooting modified aim54 missiles from the 80s trying to use up old stock. apparently they are off old f111 and f14 jets that have been retired. they dont even shoot the new stuff yet. you should do a video on the hellfire r9x. a missile with ninja swords is a wild idea

[@davidlefranc6240]

Pretty glad they acquired those drones it was needed !

[@pyeitme508]

Wow 😳

[@ryanthuranira6036]

Nice video i like drones for spotting and calling in artillery fire missions

[@assholeyeng]

the more attritable and smart, the better

[@leflavius_nl5370]

Those kids won't stand a chance now B-) all kidding aside, cool machine

[@cedhome7945]

Tiny wheels are not good on rough airstrips which limits it's use (anyone know more about this).?

[@bigd4561]

Endurance of 27 hours... this is good.

[@billevans7936]

❤

[@kosher4418]

The main thing is that the Flankers do not sign him with kerosene again

[@Shelldrakeaus]

My fave unmanned drone comes from DJI

[@BrendonDelorme]

Global Hawk. Its much larger and more capable, just not armed. It would be a much better platform to use for surveillance and monitoring of our north. The problem is it would cost more. I can see why the reaper was a good choice. It's much more flexible and would be the absolute best bang for the few bucks the CAF can spend.

[@cte4dota]

Lancet is my new favorite.

[@skylongskylong1982]

The Canadian Rangers have been used for the last sixty years, this task, and have done a good job. How many Canadian Rangers could you equip for the price of one UAV ? Discuss.

[@theloniousm4337]

Can the Rangers be deployed off the coast?

[@SocialistDistancing]

Maybe they just need a heat pump. I'm sure alert uses heat pumps. (Sarcasm)

[@kristianpedersen3370]

Alert is a station, not an Arctic Surveillance program. This variant operates at 60000' it can already survive Arctic cold...its the complete lack of sat coverage and need for Canadian defense pork for PQ. At best this will fly out of Cold Lake and most of the hardpoints will be occupied by fuel tanks. They should already be flying them for MarPat to develop the necessary skill sets before the "Canadianization" commences IMO

[@TJ24050]

Yeah, if the U.S. should give any country a break on the price of military equipment, it should be Canada. Literally anything Canada does in terms of National defense, is in America’s best interest. I can’t think of a country in the world that is more in line with American interest’s and especially national security! Our apologetic brothers to the north may not always love our foreign policy, but a threat to America is a threat to Canada and vise versa.

[@AmirShafeek]

So because they're easy to push around, we should treat them nicely that makes no sense.

[@willymac5036]

Which is exactly why Canada is an integral part of NORAD.

[@TheBongReyes]

While true, Canada benefits from the massive US military. To the point, where Canada doesn’t have to spend nearly as much on its own military for a country that size. As attacking Canada’s mainland is technically an attack against the US.

[@kutter_ttl6786]

Wow. Talk about completely misreading the comment. ​@@AmirShafeek

[@wpherigo1]

Completely agree with the OP. The US already has significant shared defense capabilities with Canada regarding airspace protection, and US-Canadian trade relationships are deep. Our mutual history/geography/culture/language all point to “what’s good for Canadian defense is good for US defense”.

[@416to613]

There's some skepticism on the air side with this purchase. HALE drones would have been better for Arctic surveillance. Collaborative Combat Aircraft would have been better for close support and attack drones with higher survivability and automation. This fleet will not fulfill either role well.

[@tylerandrews4375]

i love the reaper but by 2033 the reaper will be 23 years old when the next big war is looking to be a conventional war.

[@hardyanpajero69]

👍😎🍺🍩🛩️

[@mossychops]

Obarmcare?

[@aaronj08ar]

Jobarmcare?

[@dzv8799]

Aerosonde Laima

[@yudhiadhyatmikosiswono9082]

Drone are helping today battlefield especially if you are for recon mission. You don't need send helicopters or infantry to do it again.

[@stingingmetal9648]

We should be able to make our own. I don't understand why you guys think this is a "good deal". It's not. We're throwing Dollars at Dimes. We could build our own and get real value and/or reduce the cost while fullfilling our basic needs. It's not new technology.

[@noahway13]

I am so tired of people telling listeners to leave a comment and subscribe and smash the LIke Button. It's 2024!! People are aware of how things work.

[@_Matsimus_]

lol no one cares

[@dmacpher]

Did you remember to hit the like button after the comment?

[@littlehills739]

would have been nice to talk about its role more anti fishing smuggling war sub hunting life boat searching food dropps medical drops

[@sappersteve1443]

Apparently UAV's are now called "uninhabited" aerial vehicles in the extremely WOKE/PC RAF?( they will be painting them in rainbow colours next?).

[@_Matsimus_]

Good one…..

[@mcburcke]

Foreign Military Sales Program? Since when is Canada a foreign country? Ok, I know...Germany/Austria...

[@robjmck]

Well you have to admire the Iranian drones, cheap and cheerful, proving quite deadly by the Russians. The West spent a fortune on high tech drones costing millions and the Iranians have shown low tech works as good. Even the idea of combining global positioning system with pre-programed targeting makes blocking the drones impossible and is superior to Western drones in the simplicity of the Iranian drones. Thrown together with moped engines from Hungry, even have swarm effect to overwhelme Ukrainian defence costing the price of a small family car, got to be the best. The Ukrainians used off the shelf tech which first proved deadly and their naval version of coverting Jet Ski's have taken out warships. Now we have on cheap air forces in Africa used by various forces including terrorists, it has changed warfare forever and can be so cheap. We in the West will be forced into retraining and adopting new tech where the Russians have the edge. Much of our high tech tanks, APCs etc. have proved useless and now the Russians can deploy them long range HIMAs etc. are redundant, so it seems are our naval ships as well!

[@Mr.Moe...]

Im woundering what our best buddy Justin trudeau would need these for. Oh wait, the truckers. He needs them for the truckers 😂

[@andrewscott8892]

I wouldn't be surprised if the Trudeau government got them specifically for domestic use

[@bigvaxmeanie925]

Ya because drone striking your own country would have zero consequences

[@cedhome7945]

....to catch all the naughty gun owners.how dare they have nasty bangsticks 😄

[@aaronj08ar]

​@@bigvaxmeanie925 Who said anything about no consequences? You may want to go get checked out just to be safe. Seeing things that aren't there could be early signs of a larger, brewing issue that when caught early enough can be remedied in a non-invasive, typically out-patient procedure. Canada just opened up a new department for the public health too, so you may want to request that department just so you know your getting the best, most up to date technology in keeping you healthy. Good luck with your condition.

[@funbarsolaris2822]

Oh yes, Trudeau's reign is really close to that of Joseph Stalin 🙄 You wide eyed hysterics are a bigger threat to society than any individual politician ever can be - and I massively dislike Trudeau and his politics myself!

[@marrs1013]

​@@aaronj08ar Whatever you taking, stop it! It messes with your head.

[@markorsrpska7230]

Reapers are made by the current leading countries to terrorize their technologically underdeveloped victims. Against any advanced army the Reapers are completely useless except as targets for long-range anti-aircraft missiles or assassinations attacks against individuals in undefended territory.

[@TheOriginalJAX]

You know what I'm a subject matter expert in? Why Donks of course. If you want to put a Donk on it I'm your man, small Donks, Big Donks, Donks so wide they touch the sides like a🎈in a 🪣 Doesn't matter you show me a Donk I will make it will fit on or in just hand here and I will begin! All good mate as long you know can show you know what you are talking about and keep things in proportion in terms of claims and evidence your sound which you do anyways, Credentials in this space is a bonus not a pre-requisite. Still more qualified to talk about this stuff than most of these analist... I mean analyst channels on KZbin anyway.