Products: uas. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 29.2/100 (incidents/exposure, time-weighted) · 99th percentile of 118 defense space companies.
The record contains two entries, both from August 2026, concerning MQ-9 Reaper drone losses, with an index of 30.7 at the 100th percentile of the defense-space category. One entry attributes a single aircraft loss to a chafed wire; the second reports that roughly one-quarter of the deployed MQ-9 fleet was lost during operations in the Iran conflict. Both entries carry severity 4 and describe mission-loss and crash outcomes rather than casualties. The two-entry record concentrated in a single month reflects a cluster of fleet-level attrition events rather than an extended pattern, and the record is press-driven rather than regulator-driven.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | 08/13 2026 |
mission-loss | — | US lost roughly 25% of MQ-9 Reaper drone fleet during Iran war · 25% of US Reaper fleet (~45 aircraft) … | The Washington Post / Je |
| S4 | 08/31 2025 |
crash | — | MQ-9 Reaper lost in Middle East due to chafed wire · 1 aircraft | Air & Space Forces Magaz |