The Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk is a miniature unmanned aerial vehicle used to watch the perimeter of a military base. Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works designed it quickly for the United States Air Force Force Protection Airborne Surveillance System program under a quick-reaction contract issued in the winter of 2002, building on technology and design studies from the earlier MicroStar micro air vehicles. It is made mostly of plastic foam, much like a hobby model aeroplane, and an electric motor turns a pusher propeller, which keeps it very quiet. A bungee cord launches it, it carries three small cameras, it stays up for about an hour, and it flies mostly under autonomous control while an operator follows it on a laptop. The Air Force moved its small unmanned systems to the RQ-11B Raven in 2007, but the British Army still uses it, and it has since been succeeded by the Desert Hawk III.
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It was designed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works for the United States Air Force Force Protection Airborne Surveillance System (FPASS) Program on a quick-reaction contract issued late in the winter of 2002, with the first system delivered in the early summer.
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It was designed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works for the United States Air Force Force Protection Airborne Surveillance System (FPASS) Program on a quick-reaction contract issued late in the winter of 2002, with the first system delivered in the early summer.
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The Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk is a miniature UAV used for base perimeter protection.
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on a quick-reaction contract issued late in the winter of 2002, with the first system delivered in the early summer.
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The Desert Hawk is also used by the 32nd Regiment Royal Artillery of the British Army as a tactical surveillance system, and has been used in Afghanistan and Mali.
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uses an electric motor driving a pusher propeller as a powerplant, making it very quiet.
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uses an electric motor driving a pusher propeller as a powerplant, making it very quiet.
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It was designed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works for the United States Air Force Force Protection Airborne Surveillance System (FPASS) Program on a quick-reaction contract issued late in the winter of 2002, with the first system delivered in the early summer.
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It was designed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works for the United States Air Force Force Protection Airborne Surveillance System (FPASS) Program on a quick-reaction contract issued late in the winter of 2002, with the first system delivered in the early summer.
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The Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk is a miniature UAV used for base perimeter protection.
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The Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk is a miniature UAV used for base perimeter protection.
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