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RQ-4 Global Hawk
Also known as: Global Hawk · Block 30/40
Manufacturer: Northrop Grumman Corporation
HALE strategic ISR UAV with 35,000+ km flight range and 32+ hour endurance. Block 40 carries MP-RTIP radar; Triton naval variant.
SPECIFICATIONS
Category
reconnaissance
In service since
2001
Weight
14628 kg
Payload
1360 kg
Range
22780 km
Endurance
1980 min
Speed
629 km/h
Control
satcom
EW resistance
high
Autonomy
autonomous
Unit cost (USD)
$123,000,000 – $222,000,000
KNOWN OPERATORS
NOTABLE USE CASES
Shot down by Iranian S-300 in Strait of Hormuz 20 June 2019; routine flights over Black Sea and East Asia 2022-2025.
RECENT EVENTS
doctrine-change2026-07-20US Air Force seeks ground-based air defense launcher to protect bases from cruise missiles and drones🇺🇸deployment2026-07-07Denmark, Finland, Germany and Norway to procure up to five MQ-4C Triton UAVs for NATO ISR🇹🇷deployment—Report claims US redeployed Global Hawk UAVs to a base near Tokyo🇯🇵deployment—Report claims US redeployed RQ-4 Global Hawk drones from Guam to Yokota Air Base near Tokyo🇯🇵
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Data confidence: 95 / 100. Catalog is in active development.