Here’s The Best Military Drones From Around The World

RQ-4 Global Hawk

Avionics specialists with the 12th Aircraft Maintenance Unit prepare the Global Hawk for a runway taxi test Oct. 13, 2006 at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. The Global Hawk is scheduled to begin flying at Beale in early November. The program is a total force effort with the Air Force Reserve’s 13th Reconnaissance Squadron assisting active duty personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Stacey Knott)

You just read about the Navy adaptation, but here is the original – built for the Air Force. The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft with an integrated sensor suite that provides global all-weather, day or night intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability. Fun fact: the “R” is the Department of Defense designation for reconnaissance and “Q” means unmanned aircraft system. The RQ-4 Global Hawk measures almost identically to the MQ-4C Triton, but is instead fueled by the Rolls Royce-North American F137-RR-100 turbofan engine.

RQ-4 Global Hawk: $131 million per unit

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