RQ-4A/B Global Hawk High-Altitude, Long-Endurance, Unmanned Reconnaissance Aircraft, USA
Weights:
Empty Weight Including Fluids
9,200lb
Payload
1,900lb (RQ-4B - 3,000lb)
Take-Off Fuel
14,500lb
Take-Off Gross Weight
25,600lb (RQ-4B - 32,250lb)
Engines:
Engine
Rolls-Royce North America AE3007H turbofan
Performance:
Maximum Endurance
42 hours (RQ-4B - 33 hours)
On-Station Endurance at 3,000nm
24 hours
Loiter Velocity
343kt TAS
Maximum Altitude
65,000ft
Communications:
Satellite Communications Datalink
1.5Mbps, 8.67Mbps, 20Mbps, 30Mbps, 40Mbps, 47.9Mbps
Line of Sight (LOS) Datalink
137Mbps
Air Vehicle:
Wingspan
116.2ft (RQ-4B - 130.9ft)
Length
44.4ft (RQ-4B - 47.6ft)
Height
15.2ft
Gross weight
25,600lb
Payload
2,000lb
Ferry Range
14,000nm
Width
4.8ft
Length
44.4ft
Each V-Tail Area
42.8ft²
Each Span
11.4ft
Aspect Ratio
3:1
V-Tail Dihedral Angle
50°
Wing:
Wing Area
540ft²
Wingspan
116.2ft
Wing Aspect Ratio
25:1
Wing One-Quarter Chord Sweep
5.9°
Sensors:
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
1m/0.3m resolution (WAS / Spot)
Moving Target Indicator (MTI) Mode
4kt minimum detectable velocity
Electro-Optical
NIIRS 5.5 / 6.5 (WAS/Spot)
Infrared
NIIRS 5.0 / 6.0 (WAS/Spot)
Location Accuracy
20m Circular Error of Probability (CEP)
Wide Area Search
40,000nm²/d
Target Coverage
1,900 spot targets per day
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