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Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk

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Lift type	Fixed wing
Construction type	Factory-built
Control type	Autonomous
Engine type	Turbofan
Application	Surveillance
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Single turbofan reconnaisance UAV. Includes EuroHawk, NATO AGS, RQ-4B and MQ-4C Triton variants

Type variants

Variant	Launch/First flight	Production end
Northrop Grumman RQ-4A	1997 / 1998		Initial production variant.
Northrop Grumman RQ-4B	2002 / 2004		Enhanced and enlargened version of RQ-4A.
Northrop Grumman RQ-4D Phoenix	2009 / 2019		NATOS AGS variant.
Northrop Grumman EuroHawk	2009 / 2010	2013	German Air Force ordered variant of RQ-4B, developed by EuroHawk GmbH.
Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton	2012 / 2013		Maritime variant.

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