UTP 219 TECHNICAL ENGLISH

MID-TERM EXAM

Mert Can DURMAZ

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Tuğbanur BÜYÜKTANIR
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 RQ-4 BLOCK 20 GLOBAL HAWK
The RQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk was a high-altitude, long-range, long-lasting, unmanned
reconnaissance, surveillance and intelligence aircraft system manufactured by Northrop
Grumman Corporation. The Block 20 aircraft was an upgraded version of the Block 10
aircraft with longer wingspan and increased payload. The Global Hawks engine was an F137-
RR-100 turbofan engine manufactured by Rolls Royce.

Structural Features:
The body uses aluminum, the V-tailed semi-monocoque construction wings are made of
composite materials. Global Hawk has had several iterations with different characteristics and
capabilities. The first version used operationally was the RQ-4A Block 10.
 As with any major contract, Northrop Grumman has established contractual relationships
with many people.
it consists of subcontractors. The main subcontractors are:
• Raytheon Systems for floor segment and sensors
• Rolls-Royce for turbofan engine
• Vought Aircraft for carbon fiber wing

The Global Hawks engine was an F137-RR-100 turbofan engine manufactured by Rolls
Royce.

• Crew: 0 built-in (3 remote controls: Launch and Rescue Element (LRE) pilot;
Mission Control Element (MCE) pilot and sensor operator)
• Capacity: 3,000 lb (1,360 kg)
• Length: 47 ft 7 in (14.5 m)
• Wingspan: 130.9 ft (39.9 m)
• Height: 15.3 ft (4.7 m)
• Emptyweight: 14,950 lb (6,781 kg)
• Gross weight: 32,250 lb (14,628 kg)
Mechanic Features
The Global Hawk aircraft is a high-altitude surveillance flying craft capable of transmitting
high-resolution images in real time for more than thirty consecutive hours.
The RQ-4 Global Hawk, which entered service in 2001, was used by the US Air Force in Iraq,
Syria and Afghanistan, usually by flying remotely from Beale Air Force Base in California or
Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota.
The Air Force is currently equipped with the most modern variant of this drone, the RQ-4B.
The US Navy has learned that it is selling its older models to the US Navy and expects that
the naval variant of the drone - the MQ-4 Triton - will be fully operational.
The U.S. Navy said it was one of the former Navy-operated planes shot down over the
Arabian Sea and could not immediately say where the drone was launched from or which unit
was controlling it.
It is a large black cap with a round nose that gives the appearance of a winged dolphin.
according to its manufacturer, the American aerospace group Northrop Grumman, the wing
with a length of 14.5 meters, a wingspan of 39.9 meters is equipped with sophisticated radars
and very high-resolution cameras.
"The quality of the high-resolution images makes it possible to distinguish between different
types of vehicles, aircraft, people and missiles, and to do this day and night in any weather
conditions, " Northrop Grumman says on its website.
It collects information at very high altitudes (60,000 feet or 18,300 meters), which
theoretically protects it from ground attacks. Since its payload is very light (1.5 tons or the
weight of a car), it has a range of 12,300 nautical miles or 22,780 km and, according to its
manufacturer, can fly continuously for 32 hours.
One of the most expensive devices in the US military: according to the latest official figures,
the latest models are worth $ 123 million each. But since this is a surveillance and
reconnaissance device, he is unarmed.
Apparently, the Navy will try to recover the wreckage, because Iran has made a drone in the
past by copying it to an American device captured on its territory.
According to US media reports, Iran seized an RQ-170 Sentinel aircraft that entered its
airspace in December 2011 for spying on nuclear sites.
Three years later, Iranian state television broadcast footage of the theft of a device presented
as a copy of the Sentry.
Tehran claims that it managed to take control of this ultra-sophisticated aircraft and forced it
to land in the desert, where it was recovered almost intact, while Washington claims that it
lost it as a result of a malfunction.
Air Data System:
The flight calibration of the air data system was crucial to verifying aerodynamic and
propulsion models. Calibrated air data parameters such as pressure height, Mach number and
total air temperature feed into the calculations of test day derived parameters such as actual air
speaker and uncompressed dynamic pressure. Real airflow was used to calculate the angle of
attack and non-compressible dynamic pressure was used to avoid sizing aerodynamic forces
and moments. Uncertainties in test day weather data cause the attack angle calculated on test
day and spread to aerodynamic coefficients. The pitot-static aircraft system included two
heated, uncompiled Pitot static tubes mounted at the end of each V-tail stabilizer. Production
static and impact pressure converters have been used to sense pressures. System location
errors were determined using two complementary methods: the "altitude" method and the
"airtain" method. The static pressure system was passively calibrated using an altitude method
at non-special test points.

Performance Features:

• Top speed: 391 mph (629 km/h, 340 kn)

• Cruising speed: 357 mph (570 km/h, 310 kn)
• Range: 14,154 mi (22,780 km, 12,299 nmi)
• Durability: 32+ hours
• Service ceiling: 60,000ft (18,000m)
• Remove to drag: 33