(singing) Movin' right along, we've found a life on the highway. Fozzie: (singing) And your way is my way, Kermit: So trust my navigation. Fozzie: California here we come, the pie-in-the-sky-land. Kermit: Palm trees, and warm sand. Fozzie: Though sadly we just left Rhode Island.
(432nd Wing/Air Force/DVIDS) General Atomics, the company that makes the Predator drone, will begin selling unarmed versions of the unmanned aerial vehicle to countries in the Middle East, the company announced Monday at the Paris Air Show.
This figure represents the known costs; it does not include funding that may be classified. The CIA has about 30 Predator and Reaper drones, which are operated by Air Force pilots from a U.S. military base in an unnamed U.S. state.The Department of Homeland Security has at least ten unarmed Predator drones, costing approximately $62 million a year. The cost per flight hour varies by type of drone.Predator and Reaper drones cost about $2,500-3,500 per flight hour; larger armed systems such as the militaryâs Global Hawk cost about 10 times as much: approximately $30,000 per flight hour.his figure represents the known costs; it does not include funding that may be classified. The CIA has about 30 Predator and Reaper drones, which are operated by Air Force pilots from a U.S. military base in an unnamed U.S. state.