137:. The DarkStar was fully autonomous: it could take off, fly to its target, operate its sensors, transmit information, return and land without human intervention. Human operators, however, could change the DarkStar's flight plan and sensor orientation through radio or satellite relay. The RQ-3 carried either an optical sensor or radar, and could send digital information to a satellite while still in flight. It used a single
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1405:18 Lodestar
1315:Vega family
1010:Main series
917:(1948-1962)
628:(1924-1947)
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301:Performance
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2268:High Virgo
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2146:Senior Peg
2049:X-44 (UAV)
1942:P-7 LRAACA
1927:S-3 Viking
1788:X-44 MANTA
1415:43 Harpoon
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1398:414 Hudson
1383:10 Electra
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1332:4 Explorer
1308:Transports
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480:2016-03-25
409:References
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2278:Ping-Pong
2131:Have Blue
1932:P-3 Orion
1616:Excalibur
1367:DL.1 Vega
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1352:8 Sirius
1296:Lockheed
866:A-8/PQ-8
489:cite web
425:Archived
327:See also
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2307:Engines
2283:Polaris
2273:Perseus
2029:Polecat
2024:MQM-105
1994:Aequare
1757:CL-1200
1747:NF-104A
1621:JetStar
1527:EC-130H
1362:9 Orion
271:Height:
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87:History
2095:CL-475
2039:RQ-170
1999:AQM-60
1958:CL-400
1907:Hudson
1752:CL-288
1737:XF-104
1643:Saturn
1638:L-2000
1585:CP-140
1549:WC-130
1544:MC-130
1539:LC-130
1534:KC-130
1522:EC-130
1517:HC-130
1512:DC-130
1507:AC-130
1502:C-130J
1476:EC-121
1456:L-1249
1451:L-1049
1337:5 Vega
1241:Attack
314:Range:
206:C-130E
81:Boeing
3439:27–32
3374:12–14
2324:Model
2263:Agena
2242:L-402
2181:X-26B
2176:X-24C
2161:XC-35
2141:L-301
2136:L-133
2100:XH-51
2079:T-50A
2044:SR-72
1881:YF-12
1844:YP-24
1839:XF-90
1834:XFM-2
1829:F-117
1804:A-4AR
1783:FB-22
1773:YF-22
1742:F-104
1690:XP-58
1685:XP-49
1611:C-141
1570:L-188
1554:L-100
1497:C-130
1481:XB-30
1471:C-121
1446:L-749
1441:L-649
1436:L-049
1220:Q-170
1132:MQ-20
1127:RQ-20
1123:Q-20
901:PQ-15
896:PQ-14
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876:PQ-10
815:OQ-19
810:OQ-18
805:OQ-17
800:OQ-16
795:OQ-15
790:OQ-14
785:OQ-13
780:OQ-12
775:OQ-11
770:OQ-10
606:USAAF
66:(UAV)
3364:7–10
3327:Vega
3318:2329
3313:2000
3308:1980
3303:1800
3298:1700
3293:1649
3288:1600
3283:1549
3278:1449
3273:1400
3268:1329
3263:1249
3258:1237
3253:1236
3248:1235
3243:1201
3238:1200
3233:1195
3228:1149
3223:1132
3218:1090
3213:1080
3208:1060
3196:1049
3191:1026
3186:1020
3181:1011
3176:1010
3171:1000
2216:XV-4
2206:X-59
2201:X-56
2196:X-55
2191:X-35
2186:X-33
2171:X-17
2069:T-33
2034:RQ-3
2019:Fury
1987:UAVs
1978:TR-X
1973:TR-1
1891:D-21
1886:M-21
1871:A-12
1824:F-35
1819:F-21
1814:F-16
1778:F-22
1716:T-33
1711:F-94
1706:F-80
1680:P-38
1580:EP-3
1466:C-69
1298:and
1215:Q-73
1210:Q-72
1205:Q-67
1200:Q-58
1195:Q-35
1179:Q-29
1174:Q-28
1169:Q-27
1164:Q-26
1159:Q-25
1154:Q-24
1149:Q-23
1144:Q-22
1139:Q-21
1119:Q-19
1114:Q-18
1109:Q-17
1104:Q-16
1099:Q-15
1094:Q-14
1089:Q-13
1084:Q-12
1079:Q-11
1074:Q-10
990:Q-14
985:Q-13
980:Q-12
975:Q-11
970:Q-10
871:PQ-9
765:OQ-9
760:OQ-8
755:OQ-7
750:OQ-6
745:OQ-5
740:OQ-4
735:OQ-3
730:OQ-2
725:OQ-1
709:CQ-4
704:CQ-3
699:CQ-2
694:CQ-1
678:BQ-8
673:BQ-7
668:BQ-6
663:BQ-5
658:BQ-4
653:BQ-3
648:BQ-2
643:BQ-1
610:USAF
495:link
291:1 ×
101:The
59:Type
3166:995
3161:985
3156:984
3151:981
3146:980
3141:977
3136:949
3131:934
3126:915
3121:901
3116:880
3111:849
3106:840
3101:823
3096:822
3091:785
3086:780
3081:760
3076:749
3071:704
3066:685
3061:680
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3051:645
3046:622
3041:595
3036:580
3031:549
3026:522
3021:520
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2976:407
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2801:207
2796:206
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2786:200
2781:199
2776:193
2771:189
2766:188
2761:186
2756:185
2751:182
2746:171
2741:170
2736:149
2731:144
2726:141
2721:140
2716:137
2711:136
2706:133
2701:129
2696:122
2691:105
2686:104
2681:100
2374:A/D
2211:XFV
2166:X-7
2074:T2V
1963:U-2
1809:A-9
1721:T2V
1653:R6V
1631:RAF
1606:C-5
1590:P-7
1575:P-3
1243:or
1069:Q-9
1060:Q-8
1055:Q-7
1050:Q-6
1045:Q-5
1036:Q-4
1031:Q-3
1026:Q-2
1017:Q-1
965:Q-9
960:Q-8
955:Q-7
950:Q-6
945:Q-5
940:Q-4
935:Q-3
930:Q-2
925:Q-1
861:A-7
856:A-6
851:A-5
846:A-4
841:A-3
836:A-2
831:A-1
613:UAV
200:in
196:at
184:in
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3489:42
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3479:40
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