New Details on US Air Force Sentinel UAV
The RQ-170 Sentinel is a high altitude and long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed and manufactured by Lockheed Martin for the US Air Force. The Sentinel can capture real-time imagery of the battlefield and transfer the data to the ground control station through a line of sight (LOS) communication data link.
New photos of the still classified UAV have emerged from Vandenberg air force base, California, according to aviationweek.com.
The UAV was developed in secret in the 1990s and seen for the first time in 2007 in Afghanistan. The new images, taken on Feb. 28 while photographers were visiting the base appear to show the RQ-170 is uniquely configured for testing.
The facility is thought to be the world’s largest instrumented over-water range for multi-service test, development and training operations in electronic-combat environments.
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