RPA

This is an Air Force remote-powered vehicle, a Northrop Grumman-built Global Hawk RQ-4B Block 20, an aircraft that has both camera and radar capabilities, which can be sent back to monitors in near real-time. Different versions of the planes can carry different instrument packages and have a range of about 11,000 miles. They can be used to provide battlefield awareness, including live video, or radar imagery that can make it clear what an enemy is moving on the battlefield.

July 12, 2012 4:00 AM PDT

Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET

| Caption by: Daniel Terdiman

 

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