Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk

high-altitude, remotely-piloted surveillance aircraft introduced in 2001
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Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk
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Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk

Summary

Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk is an aircraft family[1]. It draws 544 Wikipedia views per month (aircraft_family category, ranking #320 of 1,568).[2]

Key Facts

  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's video is recorded as Unmanned MQ-4C Triton Completes First Flight.webm[3].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's image is recorded as Global Hawk 1.jpg[4].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's instance of is recorded as aircraft family[5].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's operator is recorded as United States Air Force[6].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's operator is recorded as United States Navy[7].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's operator is recorded as Royal Australian Air Force[8].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's manufacturer is recorded as Northrop Grumman Corporation[9].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's manufacturer is recorded as Raytheon[10].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's manufacturer is recorded as Vought[11].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's manufacturer is recorded as Aurora Flight Sciences[12].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's manufacturer is recorded as Rolls-Royce North America[13].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's manufacturer is recorded as Héroux-Devtek[14].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's manufacturer is recorded as L3 Technologies[15].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's manufacturer is recorded as Honeywell Aerospace[16].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's developer is recorded as Northrop Grumman Corporation[17].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's subclass of is recorded as unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aerial vehicle[18].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's subclass of is recorded as high-altitude long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle[19].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's Commons category is recorded as Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk[20].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's country of origin is recorded as United States[21].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's powered by is recorded as Rolls-Royce AE 3007H[22].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's has part is recorded as Northrop Grumman RQ-4A Global Hawk[23].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's has part is recorded as Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk[24].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's has part is recorded as Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton[25].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's has part is recorded as Northrop Grumman RQ-4D Phoenix[26].
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's has part is recorded as Northrop Grumman RQ-4E EuroHawk[27].

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Designation and Status

Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk's instance of is recorded as aircraft family[5].

Why It Matters

Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk draws 544 Wikipedia views per month (aircraft_family category, ranking #320 of 1,568).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] . af.mil. af.mil. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . thedrive.com. thedrive.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . thedrive.com. thedrive.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . fi-aeroweb.com. fi-aeroweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . fi-aeroweb.com. fi-aeroweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . fi-aeroweb.com. fi-aeroweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . fi-aeroweb.com. fi-aeroweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . fi-aeroweb.com. fi-aeroweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . fi-aeroweb.com. fi-aeroweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . fi-aeroweb.com. fi-aeroweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . airforce-technology.com. airforce-technology.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . fi-aeroweb.com. fi-aeroweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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