Northrop Grumman BQM-34 Firebee

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Aerial target/UAV with single turbojet engine.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Autonomous

Engine type

Turbojet

Application

Surveillance

Design & construction

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Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Aluminium

Wing

Aluminium

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Analogue

Configuration & certification

Wing position

Mid

Planform

Swept

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Tail

Conventional

Certification

Military

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Northrop Grumman BQM-34 Firebee	1948 / 1951		Recoverable aerial target.

Airframer

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems

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