Northrop GrummanDeployedUSAUSA

Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk

A high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned surveillance aircraft that provides wide-area ISR imagery at up to 65,000 feet for the US Air Force.. Released 2001.

Official page on northropgrumman.com
1920 min
Flight time
22780 km
Range
629 km/h
Top speed
14628 kg
Weight

Specifications

MakerNorthrop Grumman
TypeRecon UAV
StatusDeployed
OriginUSA
Released2001
Under 250 gNo
Weight (max takeoff)14628 kg
Payload1360 kg
Flight time1920 min
Range22780 km
Top speed629 km/h

Not yet published by the maker or not yet verified: price.

Sources

  1. northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/aircraft/global-hawk

Dataset updated 2026-09-24.

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