RQ-4 Global Hawk NASA

RQ-4 Global Hawk NASA airplane model. In role and design, the Global Hawk is similar to the Lockheed U-2, the venerable 1950s spy plane. It is a theater commander's asset to both provide a broad overview and systematically target surveillance shortfalls. The Global Hawk air vehicle is able to provide high resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar SAR) that can penetrate cloud-cover and sandstorms and Electro-Optical/Infrared EO/IR) imagery at long range with long loiter times over target areas. It can survey as much as 40,000 square miles (100,000 square kilometers) of terrain a day.

Scale: 1/72. Wingspan 18 inches, Length 6 3/4 inches.