WEBVTT 00:00.009 --> 00:02.065 So my name is Master Sergeant Thomas 00:02.065 --> 00:04.287 Anderson out of the 1 74th . I'm an FTD 00:04.287 --> 00:06.453 instructor for weapons , I instruct on 00:06.453 --> 00:08.565 the MQ nine aircraft right now . This 00:08.565 --> 00:10.620 is basically the newest iteration of 00:10.620 --> 00:12.842 the , the drone program . Uh , starting 00:12.842 --> 00:15.359 back with MQ ones rolled into the MQ 00:15.369 --> 00:17.579 nine S . Kind of the future . A lot of 00:17.590 --> 00:19.620 things are going to this , uh , no 00:19.629 --> 00:22.120 threat to the pilot , high endurance . 00:22.129 --> 00:24.296 It could stay in the air a long time . 00:24.296 --> 00:26.407 So there's a lot of benefit to that . 00:26.407 --> 00:28.407 Its big thing is endurance . It's a 00:28.407 --> 00:30.685 very fuel efficient aircraft . So with , 00:30.685 --> 00:32.685 with the full load of fuel , it can 00:32.685 --> 00:34.796 stay up for 2021 hours . And the nice 00:34.796 --> 00:36.907 thing with the pilots being in A G CS 00:36.907 --> 00:36.889 on the ground , they can just swap out 00:36.900 --> 00:39.067 as needed . So you don't have to worry 00:39.067 --> 00:41.799 about fatigue . Main missions are ISR , 00:41.849 --> 00:43.900 it can do attack missions as well 00:43.950 --> 00:46.061 because it has a ground mapping radar 00:46.061 --> 00:48.228 in there . And uh they can do a lot of 00:48.228 --> 00:50.394 different things with that , it can uh 00:50.394 --> 00:52.617 target moving targets . And with that , 00:52.617 --> 00:54.783 we call it over the horizon . In other 00:54.783 --> 00:54.659 words , obviously , the pilot can be 00:54.799 --> 00:57.819 here or in Pennsylvania and fly 00:57.840 --> 01:00.220 anywhere in the world . It has four 01:00.229 --> 01:02.451 stations that are weaponized . It has a 01:02.451 --> 01:04.507 total of six stations on the wings . 01:04.507 --> 01:06.562 There are two more outboard stations 01:06.562 --> 01:08.785 they could use . But those are for like 01:08.785 --> 01:10.840 special mission pods and sensors and 01:10.840 --> 01:12.840 things like that . But it does have 01:12.840 --> 01:15.062 four weapons stations . Uh A lot of new 01:15.062 --> 01:17.062 capabilities coming with that , but 01:17.062 --> 01:16.949 right now it can carry the hellfire 01:16.959 --> 01:18.959 missile , which a lot of people are 01:18.959 --> 01:21.015 familiar with that . Um It can carry 01:21.015 --> 01:23.300 500 pound GPS guided bombs , also laser 01:23.309 --> 01:25.660 guided bombs . And uh soon we're 01:25.669 --> 01:27.780 getting a small diameter bomb , which 01:27.780 --> 01:29.760 is a new capability . They have a 01:29.769 --> 01:31.936 really large uh standoff range so they 01:31.936 --> 01:34.158 can drop , the bomb can go like another 01:34.389 --> 01:37.279 100 miles and hit the target . So the 01:37.290 --> 01:39.401 aircraft doesn't even have to go near 01:39.401 --> 01:41.568 the danger zone , so to speak . So our 01:41.568 --> 01:43.679 aircraft uses a rear mounted engine . 01:43.679 --> 01:45.457 It's a pretty standard , it's a 01:45.457 --> 01:47.568 Honeywell Turboprop engine , the same 01:47.568 --> 01:49.512 motor is used on a lot of civilian 01:49.512 --> 01:51.734 aircraft as well , but usually it's the 01:51.734 --> 01:53.957 other way around facing forward . So we 01:53.957 --> 01:56.012 kind of got to divert air comes in , 01:56.012 --> 01:58.012 goes through the motor this way and 01:58.012 --> 02:00.012 then diverts back out the back does 02:00.012 --> 02:02.123 have advantages to mounting it on the 02:02.123 --> 02:02.089 rear . Like this , it for one , the 02:02.099 --> 02:04.250 prop doesn't obscure your camera view 02:04.260 --> 02:06.629 in the front . And also as the prop 02:06.639 --> 02:08.695 spinning , the exhaust is going over 02:08.695 --> 02:10.750 the prop . So it's de icing the prop 02:10.750 --> 02:12.861 and then also the prop is dissipating 02:12.861 --> 02:15.028 your heat signature . So you're not as 02:15.028 --> 02:17.195 visible , you can tell they're putting 02:17.195 --> 02:19.250 a lot of uh resources into making it 02:19.250 --> 02:21.472 better . It's getting easier and easier 02:21.472 --> 02:21.690 and a lot more capabilities .