What is the main purpose of RQ- 1 Predator UAV?

RQ- 1 Predator UAV is a hollow long-endurance UAV produced by General Atomics. 1994 was successfully tested, and/kloc-0 was put into production in August 1997. The total output has reached 60, and it has developed into three models: RQ- 1A, MQ-9 and MQ-9A. It can be said that it runs in a family with a prosperous family.

Since 1995, General Atomics has produced 360 predators (including MQ- 1 and RQ- 1), some of which have crashed or been shot down in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan. Predator users include the US Air Force and the US Central Intelligence Agency.

RQ- 1A is mainly used for reconnaissance and surveillance; It is equipped with synthetic aperture radar, TV camera and forward-looking infrared device, and all kinds of reconnaissance images obtained by it can be transmitted to front-line commanders or rear command departments in real time through satellite communication system.

Compared with RQ- 1A, MQ-9 has improved the take-off weight and endurance, and most importantly, added the ground attack function, so it is also called attack UAV. MQ-9A is a naval UAV developed for the US Navy.

In addition, General Atomics also developed Altair and Predator C UAVs based on Predator. Altair successfully conducted its first flight test on June 1 1 2003.

RQ- 1A Predator UAV has a wingspan of 14.85m, a captain of 8. 13m, a payload of 20 1kg, a cruising speed of 130km/h, a flying altitude of 7295m and an activity radius of 3700km.

RQ- 1A is equipped with various advanced sensors. The weight of synthetic aperture radar is 30.8kg, the operating range is 4 ~ 1 1.2km, the resolution of target image is 0.3m, the detection probability of fixed target is 95%, the detection probability of moving target can reach more than 70%, and the monitorable area is 1.4 million square kilometers.

The RQ- 1A Predator UAV is equipped with two data transmission systems: one is a C-band data link system with a communication distance of 270 kilometers; The second is the satellite data transmission system. As long as the UAV is within the coverage of satellite signals, it can transmit high-definition target image information in real time.

The MQ-9A Navy Predator UAV has a maximum flying altitude of15240m, a continuous flying time of 48h, a flying speed of 450km/h, a wingspan of 26.2m and a maximum takeoff weight of 5000mg (including1360kg external load and 505kg internal load). Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) has a range of 370 kilometers, and its nose is equipped with photoelectric and infrared camera sensors, spherical turrets and satellite communication antennas.

1995 during the war in bosnia and Herzegovina, the RQ- 1A predator participated in the war for the first time, carried out more than 600 reconnaissance missions, and became a noticeable "star" in the war in bosnia and Herzegovina. During the Kosovo War, five RQ-IA Predator UAVs, BLACKPINK, appeared, which is the only UAV that can provide image information of war zone targets, and it is a great contribution to NATO.

2006 54 38+0 65438+ 10/7, first used by the US military. MQ-9 "Hunter Black Boy" launched a "Helfa" missile and destroyed a Taliban tank, which was the first time that a drone launched a precision-guided weapon to attack a ground target.

2001165438+1On October 3rd, the US military dispatched MQ-9 Hunter Black Boy UAV to launch the Herfa anti-tank missile, killing Osama bin Laden's assistant Atif. On March 22, 2003, an MQ-9 Hunter Black UAV used the Helfa missile in the Iraq war and attacked the ZSU-23-4 self-defense anti-aircraft gun position outside the southern Iraqi city of Amara. According to the preliminary summary report of the US Air Force on the Iraq war, the task completion rate of MQ-9 "Hunter Killer" attacking drones is 77.2%.