General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
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The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper is a U.S.-designed, remotely piloted combat drone primarily used for long-endurance intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strike missions.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MQ-9 Reaper | 16 |
| General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper canonical | 1 |
| General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian | 1 |
| MQ-9 Reaper (RAF) | 1 |
| MQ-9 Reaper (during certain periods) | 1 |
| MQ-9B SkyGuardian | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T319825 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper Context triple: [Operation Shader, usesAircraft, General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper]
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A.
MQ-1C Gray Eagle
The MQ-1C Gray Eagle is a U.S. Army long-endurance, medium-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle designed primarily for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strike missions.
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B.
Boeing X-45
The Boeing X-45 is an experimental unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) developed for the U.S. military to demonstrate autonomous strike and reconnaissance capabilities.
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C.
Boeing AH-64 Apache
The Boeing AH-64 Apache is a twin-engine, tandem-seat attack helicopter renowned for its advanced targeting systems, heavy armament, and extensive use by the U.S. Army and allied forces.
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D.
F-35B Lightning II
The F-35B Lightning II is a fifth-generation, stealth, short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) multirole fighter jet used by several air arms, including the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.
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E.
Sikorsky VH-60N White Hawk
The Sikorsky VH-60N White Hawk is a specialized, heavily modified variant of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter used by the U.S. Marine Corps for VIP transport, including the President of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper Target entity description: The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper is a U.S.-designed, remotely piloted combat drone primarily used for long-endurance intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strike missions.
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A.
MQ-1C Gray Eagle
The MQ-1C Gray Eagle is a U.S. Army long-endurance, medium-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle designed primarily for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strike missions.
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B.
Boeing X-45
The Boeing X-45 is an experimental unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) developed for the U.S. military to demonstrate autonomous strike and reconnaissance capabilities.
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C.
Boeing AH-64 Apache
The Boeing AH-64 Apache is a twin-engine, tandem-seat attack helicopter renowned for its advanced targeting systems, heavy armament, and extensive use by the U.S. Army and allied forces.
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D.
F-35B Lightning II
The F-35B Lightning II is a fifth-generation, stealth, short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) multirole fighter jet used by several air arms, including the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.
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E.
Sikorsky VH-60N White Hawk
The Sikorsky VH-60N White Hawk is a specialized, heavily modified variant of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter used by the U.S. Marine Corps for VIP transport, including the President of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
combat drone
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military aircraft ⓘ remotely piloted aircraft ⓘ unmanned aerial vehicle ⓘ |
| armament |
AGM-114 Hellfire
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surface form:
AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles
Paveway series guided bombs ⓘ
surface form:
GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs
Mk 82 bomb ⓘ
surface form:
GBU-38 JDAM bombs
|
| conflictUsedIn |
Iraq War
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War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form:
War in Afghanistan
military intervention against ISIL ⓘ |
| controlSystem |
line-of-sight data link
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satellite data link ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew |
0 on board
ⓘ
remote pilot and sensor operator ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | about 310 km/h ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
MQ-1 Predator
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surface form:
General Atomics MQ-1 Predator
|
| endurance | over 24 hours ⓘ |
| engineModel | Honeywell TPE331-10 turboprop ⓘ |
| engineType | turboprop ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 2001 ⓘ |
| hardpoints | 7 ⓘ |
| height | 3.8 m ⓘ |
| introduced | 2007 ⓘ |
| length | 11 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
General Atomics
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surface form:
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
|
| maximumSpeed | about 480 km/h ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | 4760 kg ⓘ |
| operatorType | military ⓘ |
| payloadCapacity | 1700 kg ⓘ |
| powerplant | 1 × Honeywell TPE331-10 turboprop ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
armed reconnaissance
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long-endurance ISR ⓘ |
| range | over 1800 km ⓘ |
| role |
close air support
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intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ⓘ precision strike ⓘ targeted killing ⓘ |
| sensor |
AN/AAS-52 multispectral targeting system
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synthetic aperture radar ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | 15000 m ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Belgian Air Force
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surface form:
Belgian Air Component
French Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
French Air and Space Force
German Air Force ⓘ Aeronautica Militare ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Air Force
Polish Air Force ⓘ Republic of Korea Air Force ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Moroccan Air Force ⓘ Royal Netherlands Air Force ⓘ Spanish Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Air and Space Force
United States Air Force ⓘ U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
surface form:
United States Customs and Border Protection
|
| wingspan | 20 m ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper Description of subject: The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper is a U.S.-designed, remotely piloted combat drone primarily used for long-endurance intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strike missions.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
MQ-9 Reaper
this entity surface form:
MQ-9 Reaper
this entity surface form:
MQ-9 Reaper
this entity surface form:
MQ-9 Reaper
this entity surface form:
MQ-9 Reaper
this entity surface form:
MQ-9 Reaper
this entity surface form:
MQ-9 Reaper (during certain periods)
this entity surface form:
General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian
this entity surface form:
MQ-9 Reaper (RAF)
this entity surface form:
MQ-9B SkyGuardian
this entity surface form:
MQ-9 Reaper
this entity surface form:
MQ-9 Reaper
this entity surface form:
MQ-9 Reaper
United States Air Force intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance enterprise
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usesPlatform
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General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
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this entity surface form:
MQ-9 Reaper
this entity surface form:
MQ-9 Reaper
this entity surface form:
MQ-9 Reaper
this entity surface form:
MQ-9 Reaper
this entity surface form:
MQ-9 Reaper
subject surface form:
Royal Moroccan Air Force
this entity surface form:
MQ-9 Reaper
this entity surface form:
MQ-9 Reaper