Global Hawk
The Global Hawk is an unmanned aerial vehicle that's used for high-altitude, long-duration surveillance. You tell it what to do, and it can take off, fly, spy, and return without any human input.
- Creator
- Year
- 2001
- Country
- United States 🇺🇸
- Categories
- Features
Did you know?
NASA has its own Global Hawk that it uses to spy on the ocean and the atmosphere.
Specs
- Overview
Able to fly halfway around the globe and remain on station for long periods of time. Capable of capturing high-resolution, near-real-time imagery.
- Status
Ongoing
- Year
2001
- Website
- Width
- 3980 cm
- Height
- 470 cm
- Length
- 1450 cm
- Weight
- 14628 kg (gross weight)
- Speed
- 574 km/h
- Sensors
All-weather synthetic aperture radar, high-resolution electro-optical digital camera, infrared sensor.
- Actuators
Rolls Royce-North American F137-RR-100 turbofan engine
- Materials
Lightweight, high-strength composites for wings and other parts. Standard aluminum for main fuselage.
- Compute
On-board secure computing and communication system with Ku SATCOM Datalink, CDL LOS, UHF SATCOM/LOS, and INMARSAT.
- Cost
- $35 million (manufacturing cost; sensors and operation not included)
