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UAS ROADMAP 2005
2.1.4 RQ-5A/MQ-5B Hunter
User Service: Army
Manufacturer: Northrop Grumman
Inventory: 62 Delivered/35 In-Service
Background: The RQ-5 Hunter was originally a joint Army/Navy/Marine Corps Short Range UAS that
the Army intended to meet division and corps level requirements. A gimbaled EO/IR sensor is used to
relay video in real time via a second airborne Hunter over a C-band LOS data link. Hunter deployed to
Macedonia to support NATO Balkan operations in 1999 and to Iraq in 2002. Although full-rate
production (FRP) was canceled in 1996, seven low-rate initial production (LRIP) systems of eight aircraft
each were acquired; an additional 18 aircraft were purchased in FY04 for delivery in FY05. All 18
aircraft will deliver as MQ-5s which have been modified to carry the Viper Strike and BLU 108
munitions. A competitively selected Extended Range/Multi-Purpose (ER/MP) UAS will begin to replace
Hunter as early as FY07. Hunter is expected to remain in service through 2009.
Characteristics:
RQ-5A MQ-5B RQ-5A MQ-5B
Length 22.6 ft 23 ft Wing Span 29.2 ft 34.25 ft
Gross
1,620 lb 1,800 lb Payload
200 lb 200 lb
Weight
Capacity
Fuel
Moto Guzzi Moto Guzzi Fuel Type MOGAS JP-8
Capacity
421 lb 421 lb
HFE 280 lb HFE 280 lb
Engine Make Moto Guzzi (x2) Moto Guzzi Power 57 hp (x2) 57 hp (x2)
(x2)
Mercedez
HFE (x2)
56 hp (x2)
Data Link LOS LOS Frequency C-band C-band
Performance:
Endurance 11.6 hr 18 hr Max/Loiter
Speeds
106/89 kt 106/89 kt
Ceiling 15,000 ft 18,000 ft Radius 144 nm 144 nm
Takeoff
Means
Runway Runway Landing Means Runway/Wire Runway/Wire
Sensor EO/IR EO/IR Sensor Make Tamam MOSP Tamam MOSP
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