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Parent topics

• Aircraft [r]: A vehicle capable of sustained flight within the Earth's atmosphere. [e]
• C3I-ISR [r]: Command, control, communications and intelligence, combined with intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance [e]

Subtopics

• MQ-1 Predator [r]: A medium-altitude, long-endurance, unmanned aerial vehicle used for armed reconnaissance by the Central Intelligence Agency, and for reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition at the level of Unified Combatant Commands; it will be replaced by its larger descendant, the MQ-9 Reaper [e]
• MQ-2 Pioneer [r]: Add brief definition or description
• MQ-3 Dark Star [r]: A unmanned aerial vehicle of intercontinental range, long endurance and full stealth, which could carry a variety of intelligence sensors; cancelled in favor of the cheaper MQ-4 Global Hawk [e]
• MQ-4 Global Hawk [r]: A reduced-observability unmanned aerial vehicle of intercontinental range and long endurance, which can carry imagery intelligence, signals intelligence, and other payloads; selected as a cheaper version of the MQ-3 Dark Star [e]
• MQ-5 Hunter [r]: A short-range unmanned aerial vehicle used for artillery observation and armed reconnaissance, to be replaced by the MQ-7 Shadow [e]
• MQ-6 Outrider [r]: Add brief definition or description
• MQ-7 Shadow [r]: Add brief definition or description
• MQ-8 Fire Scout [r]: A multipurpose unmanned aerial vehicle, in the form of a helicopter with relatively long endurance, whose functions include surveillance and communications relay [e]
• MQ-9 Reaper [r]: A U.S. Air Force medium-to-high altitude unmanned aerial vehicle, capable of both attack and intelligence, surveillance and reconnnaissance; operated by the U.S. and U.K. [e]
• MQ-10 Snowgoose [r]: Add brief definition or description
• MQ-11 Raven [r]: Add brief definition or description

Related topics

• Precision-guided munition [r]: A powered or unpowered weapon that adjusts its flight path to hit a specific target [e]
• Unmanned Ground Vehicle [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Unmanned Underwater Vehicle [r]: A submarine or smaller vehicle, which has no crew aboard, and is fully or partially under remote human control; used for commercial, scientific and military applications [e]