RQ-4 Global Hawk
E132849
high-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle
military aircraft
reconnaissance aircraft
unmanned aerial vehicle
The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial reconnaissance aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Air Force and other agencies for wide-area surveillance and intelligence gathering.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RQ-4 Global Hawk canonical | 5 |
| Alliance Ground Surveillance RQ-4D Phoenix | 1 |
| Global Hawk | 1 |
| Global Hawk UAV | 1 |
| MQ-4C Triton (planned) | 1 |
| RQ-4 | 1 |
| RQ-4 Global Hawk (during certain periods) | 1 |
| RQ-4A | 1 |
| RQ-4B | 1 |
| RQ-4B Global Hawk | 1 |
| RQ-4D Phoenix | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1093665 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RQ-4 Global Hawk Context triple: [Northrop Grumman, developed, RQ-4 Global Hawk]
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A.
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper is a U.S.-designed, remotely piloted combat drone primarily used for long-endurance intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strike missions.
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B.
MQ-1C Gray Eagle
The MQ-1C Gray Eagle is a U.S. Army long-endurance, medium-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle designed primarily for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strike missions.
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C.
Raytheon Sentinel R1
The Raytheon Sentinel R1 is a British airborne battlefield and ground surveillance aircraft equipped with advanced radar and sensor systems to provide real-time intelligence and reconnaissance support.
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D.
E-3F Sentry AWACS
The E-3F Sentry AWACS is an airborne early warning and control aircraft equipped with a distinctive rotating radar dome, used for long-range airspace surveillance, command, and battle management.
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E.
B-2 Spirit
The B-2 Spirit is a U.S. stealth strategic bomber known for its flying-wing design and ability to penetrate sophisticated air defenses to deliver both conventional and nuclear weapons.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RQ-4 Global Hawk Target entity description: The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial reconnaissance aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Air Force and other agencies for wide-area surveillance and intelligence gathering.
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A.
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper is a U.S.-designed, remotely piloted combat drone primarily used for long-endurance intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strike missions.
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B.
MQ-1C Gray Eagle
The MQ-1C Gray Eagle is a U.S. Army long-endurance, medium-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle designed primarily for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strike missions.
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C.
Raytheon Sentinel R1
The Raytheon Sentinel R1 is a British airborne battlefield and ground surveillance aircraft equipped with advanced radar and sensor systems to provide real-time intelligence and reconnaissance support.
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D.
E-3F Sentry AWACS
The E-3F Sentry AWACS is an airborne early warning and control aircraft equipped with a distinctive rotating radar dome, used for long-range airspace surveillance, command, and battle management.
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E.
B-2 Spirit
The B-2 Spirit is a U.S. stealth strategic bomber known for its flying-wing design and ability to penetrate sophisticated air defenses to deliver both conventional and nuclear weapons.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle
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military aircraft ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ unmanned aerial vehicle ⓘ |
| conflictUsedIn |
Iraq War
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Operation Unified Protector in Libya ⓘ
surface form:
Libya intervention 2011
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form:
War in Afghanistan
|
| controlType | remotely piloted ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 0 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | 570 km/h ⓘ |
| designation |
RQ-4 Global Hawk
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
RQ-4
|
| designedFor |
high-altitude operations
ⓘ
long-endurance missions ⓘ |
| endurance | over 30 hours ⓘ |
| engine | Rolls-Royce AE 3007H ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1998-02-28 ⓘ |
| height | 4.7 m ⓘ |
| introduced | 2001 ⓘ |
| landingMethod | conventional runway landing ⓘ |
| launchMethod | conventional runway takeoff ⓘ |
| length | 14.5 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Northrop Grumman ⓘ |
| maxSpeed | about 629 km/h ⓘ |
| maxTakeoffWeight | 14700 kg ⓘ |
| operator |
German Air Force
ⓘ
Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ NASA ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ |
| programName |
RQ-4 Global Hawk
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Global Hawk
|
| range | over 22000 km ⓘ |
| relatedProgram | NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance ⓘ |
| role | unmanned aerial reconnaissance ⓘ |
| sensor |
electro-optical sensor
ⓘ
infrared sensor ⓘ signals intelligence suite ⓘ synthetic aperture radar ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | 18000 m ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| usedFor |
battlefield management support
ⓘ
imagery intelligence ⓘ intelligence gathering ⓘ reconnaissance ⓘ signals intelligence ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| user |
Air Combat Command
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command
Air Force Materiel Command ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Air Force Air Force Materiel Command
|
| variant |
EQ-4B
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RQ-4 Global Hawk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
RQ-4A
RQ-4 Global Hawk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
RQ-4B
RQ-4 Global Hawk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
RQ-4D Phoenix
|
| wingspan | 39.9 m ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: RQ-4 Global Hawk Description of subject: The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial reconnaissance aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Air Force and other agencies for wide-area surveillance and intelligence gathering.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
MQ-4C Triton (planned)
this entity surface form:
RQ-4 Global Hawk (during certain periods)
subject surface form:
Northrop Grumman Corporation
this entity surface form:
Global Hawk UAV
this entity surface form:
Global Hawk
this entity surface form:
RQ-4
this entity surface form:
RQ-4A
this entity surface form:
RQ-4B
this entity surface form:
RQ-4D Phoenix
this entity surface form:
Alliance Ground Surveillance RQ-4D Phoenix
this entity surface form:
RQ-4B Global Hawk