General Atomics / U.S. Air Force
Robot types: Automation operator, Uas. Risk band: High RobotRisk index 50.8/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 3 of 26 among Drones / eVTOL companies with incidents (550 tracked).
Analyst brief
The record shows two MQ-9 Reaper crash entries roughly a year apart: a December 2024 loss attributed to a propeller separation on a $13 million unit, and a November 2025 crash off South Korea, both coded crash with severity 4. The dominant failure mode across both rows is airframe/mechanical loss during operation, with no injury or fire codes attached. General Atomics / U.S. Both entries are press-reported operational losses rather than regulatory findings.
Risk index
Products and robot types
Industries: Drones / eVTOL (primary), Other · Sectors: Armed Forces
Risk is scored per product and robot type: each incident is attributed to the product it names, or to the company's matching robot type. Listed industry was Other; RobotRisk files this company under Drones / eVTOL because that is where its documented incident risk sits.
| Robot type | Share of company risk | Rank within type |
|---|---|---|
| Uas | 100% | 1 of 8 |
| Product | Robot type | Status | Incidents | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQ-9 Reaper (USAF) | Uas | shipping | 2 | 50.8 |
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| crash | 2 | 100% |
Unique incident list
2 unique incidents on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | ~Nov 2025 | crash | Yellow Sea, Off South Korea | U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Drone Crashes Off South Korea · 1 aircraft lost | CNN / The New York Times |
| S4 | 16 Dec 2024 | crash | Mediterranean Sea | $13 Million Military Reaper Drone Lost After Propeller Fell Off · $13M aircraft, total loss | Business Insider / Air F |
S4 ~Nov 2025 · crash · U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Drone Crashes Off South Korea
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | ~Nov 2025 | U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Drone Crashes Off South Korea | CNN / The New York Times |
S4 16 Dec 2024 · crash · $13 Million Military Reaper Drone Lost After Propeller Fell Off
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | 16 Dec 2024 | $13 Million Military Reaper Drone Lost After Propeller Fell Off | Business Insider / Air F |
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