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Though it is still considered experimental, Global Hawk was rushed to
Afghanistan for deployment during the first weeks of the recent U.S. war there.
A product of one of the world's most successful UAV manufacturers, Teledyne
Ryan, Global Hawk is the third installment of the DARPA "dream team" that
includes Predator and DarkStar. With its 116-foot wingspan, Global Hawk is
designed to take off from a base in the U.S., fly autonomously to a country of
interest, collect and transmit surveillance data at heights of up to 65,000 feet,
and then return to its base without refueling.
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