General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger

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Could not find enough information for the mq-9 mariner so im suggesting another cool UAV
Unlike the previous MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper (Predator B) drones, the Avenger is powered by a turbofan engine, and its design includes stealth features such as internal weapons storage and an S-shaped exhaust for reduced infrared and radar signatures. The Avenger will use the same ground support infrastructure as the MQ-1 and MQ-9, including the ground control station and existing communications networks, the Avenger can also carry and deploy other unmanned systems to achieve stand-off survivability and achieve a penetrating capability at the same time. Its first flight occurred on 4 April 2009.
**General characteristics: **

Crew: 0 (Duh)
Length: 44 ft 0 in (13 m)
Wingspan: 66 ft 0 in (20 m) sweep angle 17°
Max takeoff weight: 18,200 lb (8,255 kg)
Fuel capacity: 7,900 pounds (3,600 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545B turbofan, 3,991[38] lbf (17.75 kN) thrust
**Performance: **

Maximum speed: 460 mph (740 km/h, 400 kn)
Cruise speed: 402 mph (648 km/h, 350 kn)
Endurance: 18 hours
Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,240 m)
**Armament: **
Internal weapons bay with 3,500 pounds (1,600 kg) capacity. 6 external hardpoints. 6,500 pounds (2,900 kg) payload total.
AGM-114 Hellfire
Bombs
GBU-39 SDB – 250 lb (110 kg) bombs
GBU-12 Paveway II, GBU-38 JDAM – 500 lb (230 kg) bombs
GBU-16 Paveway II, GBU-32 JDAM – 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs
GBU-31 JDAM – 2,000 lb (910 kg) bombs

So, after I finished the suggestion, I found images and info on 2 naval variants of the mq-20, built to compete in the navy UCLASS and mq-25 program

MQ-20 Sea Avenger
On 3 May 2010, GA-ASI introduced Sea Avenger, a carrier-based derivative of the Predator C Avenger UAS, intended to fulfill the U.S. Navy's need for an Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS). The Sea Avenger included a retractable electro-optical/infrared sensor, internal weapons bay, and folding wings. The aircraft's structure was designed with the flexibility to accommodate carrier suitable landing gear, tailhook, drag devices, and other provisions for carrier operations.

In April 2014, General Atomics displayed images of the Sea Avenger at the Navy League Sea Air and Space exposition. As requirements for the UCLASS program were altered from a high-end strike aircraft to an ISR machine operating in permissive environments, the Sea Avenger was modified accordingly. It appeared to have four external hardpoints and a small weapons bay, a wing-mounted buddy-refueling store to perform as an aerial tanker, and a larger airframe with a larger engine.

If Navy requirements favored a UAV optimized for permissive ISR over broadband stealth, the Sea Avenger would better meet them, as it was originally pitched as having a reduced signature to be "stealthier" than other aircraft. Sea Avenger stealth capabilities seemed to be limited to higher frequencies like C, X, and Ku bands, instead of broadband stealth effective against low-frequency radar bands like VHF and UHF.

MQ-25 Defender (also known as stingray, like the other UAV it was competing against)

In October 2017, General Atomics released images of its submission for the Navy's MQ-25 Stingray, an unmanned aerial tanker that formed out of the UCLASS effort. The aircraft is an Avenger-based wing-body-tail design with a standard D-704 buddy tank refueling system that has an electro-optical ball like the Predator and Reaper, landing gear that pulls into the fuselage, and a system for maneuvering around the flight deck using gestures from the flight crew. Though specifics are not known, the basic requirements will have the Stingray deliver about 15,000 lb (6,800 kg) of fuel 500 nautical miles (580 mi; 930 km) from the aircraft carrier to increase the F/A-18 Super Hornet's combat radius from 450 to 700 nmi (520 to 810 mi; 830 to 1,300 km).

GA-ASI's design is larger than the Sea Avenger and is powered by the Pratt & Whitney PW815 high-bypass turbofan, the same engine used on the Gulfstream G600. Generating 16,000 lb (7,300 kg) of thrust, it is four times more powerful than the Predator C's PW545B turbofan, and the most powerful engine used by any Stingray competitor. In addition to structural reinforcements and additional systems for carrier operations, the aircraft is fitted with the same landing gear and arresting hook as the Super Hornet and has space available for future growth to perform ISR and strike missions; it would be able to fuel four to six aircraft.

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Sea avenger and Sea defender pics

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Very cool plane nonetheless

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Ik its been suggested before

Although not that much

Oh I just realised you were the one who previously suggested it

More naval variant pics (at this point i can only find pics of the mq-25 defender not of the sea avenger)

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