The US and Unmanned Flight – Part I
The RQ-4 Global Hawk. The USAF names UAVs based on mission capability. Prior to this decade, this issue was trivial because UAVs only performed surveillance roles, which is why most UAVs on the books have appellations starting with 'R' for reconnaissance.
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The Desert Hawk is a small UAV used for base perimeter protection in service... -
The RQ-4 Global Hawk. The USAF names UAVs based on mission capability. Prior... -
RQ-4 Global Hawk coming in to land. Global Hawk is a high-altitude,... -
The Predator MQ-1, armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, is the multi-role... -
The MQ-9 Reaper has an operational ceiling of 50,000ft, a maximum internal...
