Air Force remote-powered aircraft

Air Force remote-powered aircraft

Stationed at Edwards Air Force Base, this is a Northrop Grumman-built Global Hawk RQ-4B Block 20, an autonomous aircraft with both camera and radar capabilities Different versions of the planes carry different instrument packages and it has a range of about 11,000 miles. The drones are 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 28, 2012 4:00 AM PDT

Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET

| Caption by: Daniel Terdiman

 

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