MQ-1 Predator
E180511
The MQ-1 Predator is a U.S. remotely piloted aircraft best known for pioneering long-endurance, medium-altitude surveillance and precision strike missions using onboard sensors and Hellfire missiles.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MQ-1 Predator canonical | 3 |
| General Atomics MQ-1 Predator | 1 |
| General Atomics Predator family | 1 |
| MQ-1 | 1 |
| RQ-1 Predator | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1587188 — 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.
Target entity: MQ-1 Predator Context triple: [MQ-1C Gray Eagle, developedFrom, MQ-1 Predator]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
RQ-4 Global Hawk
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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D.
Wildcat helicopter
The Wildcat helicopter is a modern British military helicopter used for reconnaissance, attack, and maritime roles, notably operated by the UK’s Army Air Corps and Royal Navy.
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E.
AH-6 Little Bird
The AH-6 Little Bird is a light attack and reconnaissance helicopter used by U.S. special operations forces for highly agile, low-level missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: MQ-1 Predator Target entity description: The MQ-1 Predator is a U.S. remotely piloted aircraft best known for pioneering long-endurance, medium-altitude surveillance and precision strike missions using onboard sensors and Hellfire missiles.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
RQ-4 Global Hawk
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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D.
Wildcat helicopter
The Wildcat helicopter is a modern British military helicopter used for reconnaissance, attack, and maritime roles, notably operated by the UK’s Army Air Corps and Royal Navy.
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E.
AH-6 Little Bird
The AH-6 Little Bird is a light attack and reconnaissance helicopter used by U.S. special operations forces for highly agile, low-level missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military aircraft
ⓘ
remotely piloted aircraft ⓘ unmanned aerial vehicle ⓘ |
| armament |
AGM-114 Hellfire
ⓘ
surface form:
AGM-114 Hellfire missile
|
| controlType | remote control from ground station ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 0 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | approximately 84 knots ⓘ |
| dataLink |
line-of-sight communications
ⓘ
satellite communications ⓘ |
| designationByUSAF |
MQ-1 Predator
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
MQ-1
|
| developedBy |
General Atomics
ⓘ
surface form:
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
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| endurance | over 20 hours ⓘ |
| engineModel | Rotax 914F ⓘ |
| engineType | piston engine ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1994 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1995 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 8.2 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
General Atomics
ⓘ
surface form:
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
|
| maxTakeoffWeight | approximately 1,020 kg ⓘ |
| notableCapability |
long-endurance surveillance
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medium-altitude operations ⓘ precision strike with Hellfire missiles ⓘ |
| operatorType |
intelligence agency
ⓘ
military ⓘ |
| originalDesignation |
MQ-1 Predator
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
RQ-1 Predator
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| primaryMission |
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
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precision strike ⓘ |
| propulsion | pusher propeller ⓘ |
| retiredFrom | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| retirementDate | 2018 ⓘ |
| role |
reconnaissance aircraft
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surveillance aircraft ⓘ unmanned combat aerial vehicle ⓘ |
| sensor |
electro-optical camera
ⓘ
infrared camera ⓘ synthetic aperture radar ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | approximately 25,000 ft ⓘ |
| successor |
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
ⓘ
surface form:
MQ-9 Reaper
|
| usedBy |
Central Intelligence Agency
ⓘ
Aeronautica Militare ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Air Force
Royal Moroccan Air Force ⓘ Turkish Air Force ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Iraq War
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War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form:
War in Afghanistan
Global War on Terrorism ⓘ
surface form:
War on Terror
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| wingConfiguration | high-wing monoplane ⓘ |
| wingspan | approximately 17.0 m ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: MQ-1 Predator Description of subject: The MQ-1 Predator is a U.S. remotely piloted aircraft best known for pioneering long-endurance, medium-altitude surveillance and precision strike missions using onboard sensors and Hellfire missiles.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.