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N917KU

General Atomics MQ-9 BLOCK 1

Valid Defense dronesDistrict of Columbia

N917KU is a General Atomics MQ-9 BLOCK 1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turbojet engines. It is unmanned. It is registered to Department Of Homeland Security, a government body in Washington, District of Columbia. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 15, 2021 and expires on December 31, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
General Atomics (United States)
Model
MQ-9 BLOCK 1
Serial number
GA-6-1038
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Turbojet, 1 motor
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
ACB1A0 (octal 53130640)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 15, 2021
Expires
December 31, 2028
Last FAA action
July 1, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
01342247

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Department Of Homeland Security
Type
Government
Address
1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW Rm 8.4C
Washington, DC 20229-0002

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data