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The Reapers are unmanned single-engine turboprops that can perform a variety of combat and other missions, according to an Air Force fact sheet.
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
As the geographic reach expanded to Europe and South America, clients’ aircraft skewed toward longer-range turboprops and faster business jets.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2025
While the four-engine turboprop is designed for anti-submarine warfare, it can also be used for search-and-rescue and mine-laying operations.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
The escalating costs of moving small units of capacity – 15-seat to 50-seat turboprops – have now eliminated any chance of providing flights in thin market routes.
—Michael Boyd, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
As the geographic reach expanded to Europe and South America, clients’ aircraft skewed toward longer-range turboprops and faster business jets.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2025
While the four-engine turboprop is designed for anti-submarine warfare, it can also be used for search-and-rescue and mine-laying operations.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
The escalating costs of moving small units of capacity – 15-seat to 50-seat turboprops – have now eliminated any chance of providing flights in thin market routes.
—Michael Boyd, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
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“Turboprop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turboprop. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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turboprop
noun
tur·bo·prop
ˈtər-bō-ˌpräp 
: an airplane powered by turboprop engines
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