Northrop Grumman KQ-X

ManufacturerNorthrop Grumman Corporation, Sargent Fletcher, Sierra Nevada Corporation

KQ-X was a $33 million DARPA program awarded to Northrop Grumman on July 1, 2010. KQ-X investigated and developed autonomous aerial refueling techniques using two NASA Global Hawk high-altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Specifications

Weight: 10.4 t
Length: 13.5 m
Height: 4.62 m
Wingspan: 35.4 m
Top speed: 800 km/h
Range: 25,000 km

Countries that use it (1)

United States

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Model data: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Figures can differ between versions of the same weapon. · Q16858628