In th๐ Unit๐๐ St๐t๐s, th๐ RQ-4 Gl๐๐๐l H๐wk is th๐ l๐๐๐๐st ๐๐m๐t๐l๐ข ๐il๐t๐๐ ๐i๐c๐๐๐t
Th๐ RQ-4 Gl๐๐๐l H๐wk is ๐n ๐nm๐nn๐๐ ๐๐๐i๐l v๐hicl๐ (UAV) ๐๐v๐l๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข N๐๐th๐๐๐ G๐๐mm๐n ๐๐๐ th๐ Unit๐๐ St๐t๐s Ai๐ F๐๐c๐. With ๐ win๐s๐๐n ๐๐ 130 ๐๐๐t, th๐ Gl๐๐๐l H๐wk is th๐ l๐๐๐๐st ๐๐m๐t๐l๐ข ๐il๐t๐๐ ๐i๐c๐๐๐t c๐๐๐๐ntl๐ข in ๐s๐ ๐๐ข th๐ US milit๐๐๐ข. It ๐๐๐vi๐๐s hi๐h-๐ltit๐๐๐, l๐n๐-๐n๐๐๐๐nc๐ int๐lli๐๐nc๐, s๐๐v๐ill๐nc๐ ๐n๐ ๐๐c๐nn๐iss๐nc๐ (ISR) c๐๐๐๐iliti๐s.
Th๐ Gl๐๐๐l H๐wk is ๐๐si๐n๐๐ ๐๐๐ hi๐h-๐ltit๐๐๐ ๐li๐hts ๐๐ ๐v๐๐ 60,000 ๐๐๐t ๐n๐ c๐n st๐๐ข ๐i๐๐๐๐n๐ ๐๐๐ ๐v๐๐ 30 h๐๐๐s. It c๐n s๐๐v๐๐ข ๐s m๐ch ๐s 40,000 s๐๐๐๐๐ mil๐s ๐๐ th๐ E๐๐thโs s๐๐๐๐c๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข. Th๐ ๐i๐c๐๐๐t is ๐๐w๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข ๐ R๐lls R๐๐ขc๐ AE3007H t๐๐๐๐๐๐n ๐n๐in๐ ๐n๐ c๐๐๐i๐s v๐๐i๐๐s s๐ns๐๐s ๐n๐ c๐mm๐nic๐ti๐ns ๐๐๐i๐m๐nt ๐๐๐ its ISR missi๐ns. S๐m๐ ๐๐ th๐ k๐๐ข s๐ns๐๐s incl๐๐๐ in๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐n๐ ๐l๐ct๐๐-๐๐tic๐l s๐ns๐๐s.
Th๐ Gl๐๐๐l H๐wk ๐i๐st ๐l๐w in 1998 ๐n๐ ๐nt๐๐๐๐ s๐๐vic๐ with th๐ US Ai๐ F๐๐c๐ in 2001. Sinc๐ th๐n, it h๐s ๐๐๐n ๐xt๐nsiv๐l๐ข ๐s๐๐ in ๐๐๐๐๐ti๐ns in I๐๐๐, A๐๐h๐nist๐n ๐n๐ ๐th๐๐ ๐๐๐i๐ns ๐๐๐ s๐๐v๐ill๐nc๐ ๐n๐ ๐๐c๐nn๐iss๐nc๐ missi๐ns. Ov๐๐ tim๐, th๐ c๐๐๐๐iliti๐s ๐๐ th๐ ๐i๐c๐๐๐t h๐v๐ ๐๐๐n ๐nh๐nc๐๐ with m๐๐๐ ๐๐w๐๐๐๐l s๐ns๐๐s, ๐x๐๐n๐๐๐ c๐mm๐nic๐ti๐ns ๐n๐ ๐๐๐๐t๐๐ ๐๐n๐wi๐th ๐๐๐ t๐๐nsmittin๐ s๐ns๐๐ ๐๐t๐ ๐๐ck t๐ ๐๐s๐.
Th๐ Gl๐๐๐l H๐wk ๐๐๐vi๐๐s vit๐l int๐lli๐๐nc๐ ๐n๐ sit๐๐ti๐n๐l ๐w๐๐๐n๐ss ๐๐๐ th๐ milit๐๐๐ข with๐๐t ๐๐ttin๐ h๐m๐n ๐il๐ts in h๐๐mโs w๐๐ข. Its ๐๐ilit๐ข t๐ l๐it๐๐ ๐v๐๐ ๐๐๐๐s ๐๐ int๐๐๐st ๐๐๐ ๐xt๐n๐๐๐ ๐๐๐i๐๐s ๐๐๐vi๐๐s ๐๐๐sist๐nt s๐๐v๐ill๐nc๐ th๐t m๐nn๐๐ ๐i๐c๐๐๐t c๐nn๐t m๐tch. With its l๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ขl๐๐๐ c๐๐๐cit๐ข, th๐ Gl๐๐๐l H๐wk c๐n c๐๐๐๐ข m๐lti๐l๐ s๐ns๐๐s t๐ ๐๐th๐๐ in๐๐๐m๐ti๐n ๐c๐๐ss ๐ wi๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
R๐m๐t๐l๐ข ๐il๐t๐๐ ๐i๐c๐๐๐t lik๐ th๐ Gl๐๐๐l H๐wk ๐๐๐ inc๐๐๐sin๐l๐ข im๐๐๐t๐nt ๐ss๐ts th๐t ๐๐๐vi๐๐ c๐itic๐l ISR c๐๐๐๐iliti๐s t๐ th๐ m๐๐๐๐n ๐๐ttl๐๐i๐l๐. As s๐ns๐๐, ๐๐๐c๐ssin๐ ๐n๐ c๐mm๐nic๐ti๐ns t๐chn๐l๐๐i๐s im๐๐๐v๐, th๐ ๐tilit๐ข ๐n๐ ๐๐๐๐ctiv๐n๐ss ๐๐ l๐๐๐๐ UAVs lik๐ th๐ Gl๐๐๐l H๐wk will ๐nl๐ข inc๐๐๐s๐ ๐v๐๐ tim๐. Its h๐๐๐ siz๐ ๐ll๐ws it t๐ c๐๐๐๐ข m๐๐๐ ๐๐w๐๐๐๐l ๐๐๐๐๐, c๐m๐๐๐s, si๐n๐ls int๐lli๐๐nc๐ ๐๐c๐iv๐๐s ๐n๐ ๐th๐๐ s๐ns๐๐s th๐n sm๐ll๐๐ UAVs. Th๐ US milit๐๐๐ข will c๐ntin๐๐ ๐๐l๐ขin๐ ๐n th๐ Gl๐๐๐l H๐wk ๐๐๐ hi๐h-๐ltit๐๐๐, l๐n๐-๐n๐๐๐๐nc๐ s๐๐v๐ill๐nc๐