Teledyne Ryan Scarab

The Teledyne Ryan Scarab, company Model 324, was a jet-powered, ground-launched reconnaissance drone designed by Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical to meet Egyptian Air Force requirements. Scaled Composites was chosen to do the structural design and fabrication for the demonstrator and for the first production run of 29 vehicles. Export rules ruled out carbon fiber, so Scaled used composite sandwich panels with fiberglass and Kevlar skins and PVC foam cores, and the airframe survived an out-of-control first flight without a failed composite part. The drone is about 20 feet long with an 11-foot wingspan, a maximum takeoff weight of 2,500 pounds, and it can fly at 0.8 Mach to 40,000 feet. A booster rocket launches it and it comes back by parachute and airbags. About 59 vehicles reached Egypt, including 30 built by Teledyne Ryan, and one completed more than 26 missions. English Wikipedia says it first flew in 1988 and remains in service.