It's deploying another General Atomics plane known as the Sky Warrior, which takes a greater degree of the plane's control out of the hands of humans.

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In 2010, U.S.-based General Atomics received export licenses to sell unarmed versions of the Predator drone to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.

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Global Hawk's smaller cousin is the Predator, made by a former General Dynamics unit, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems.

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