RQ-4 Global Hawk

Drone, USA. In service since 2001

How to recognise it

Bulbous whale-shaped nose without windows, very long thin wings, V-tail and an engine on top of the rear fuselage.

Also known as

Global Hawk, RQ-4

Used by

USA, NATO, South Korea, Japan

Other drones

• Bayraktar TB2
• Black Hornet
• Forpost
• IAI Heron
• Mohajer-6
• MQ-1 Predator / Gray Eagle
• MQ-9 Reaper
• Orlan-10
• RQ-7 Shadow
• RQ-20 Puma
• ScanEagle
• Shahed-136

All 16 drones

Sources

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• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk