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Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk
Country	USA
Role	Surveillance UAV
First flight	28 February 1998
Built	48

The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk is an unmanned (UAV) surveillance aircraft. It was initially designed by Ryan Aeronautical (now part of Northrop Grumman), and known as Tier II+ during development. The Global Hawk performs a similar role as the Lockheed U-2. The RQ-4 provides a broad overview and systematic surveillance using high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and long-range electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensors with long loiter times over target areas. It can survey as much as 40,000 square miles (100,000 km2) of terrain a day.

Source: Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk on Wikipedia

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Mack NO 7½-ton 6×6 truck
Country	USA
Role	7 1⁄2-ton 6×6 Prime mover
Produced	1943–1945
Built	2050

The Mack NO 7 1/2 ton 6×6 truck was a heavy 6×6 cargo truck designed in the 1940s by the American manufacturer Mack Trucks. It was used by the U.S. Army as an artillery tractor for heavy artillery during and after World War II. The official U.S. Army designation was: Truck, 7 1/2 ton, 6×6, Prime Mover. Its G-number was (G-532).

Source: Mack NO 7½-ton 6×6 truck on Wikipedia

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Dornier Do-27
Country	Germany
Role	STOL light utility aircraft
First flight	27 June 1955
Built	628

The Dornier Do 27 was a German single-engine STOL utility aircraft, manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier, Fairchild-Dornier). Configuration was a classic high-wing, “tail-dragger” aircraft with fixed landing gear.

Source: Dornier Do-27 on Wikipedia

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Northrop YF-23a
Country	USA
Role	Stealth fighter technology demonstrator
First flight	27 August 1990
Built	2

The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 was an American single-seat, twin-engine stealth fighter aircraft technology demonstrator designed for the United States Air Force (USAF). The design was a finalist in the USAF’s Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition, battling the Lockheed YF-22 for a production contract. Two YF-23 prototypes were built, nicknamed “Black Widow II” and “Gray Ghost”.

Source: Northrop YF-23 on Wikipedia

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Sikorsky S-38
Country	USA
Role	Flying boat
First flight	25 May 1928
Built	101

The Sikorsky S-38 was an American twin-engined eight-seat sesquiplane amphibious aircraft. It was sometimes called “The Explorer’s Air Yacht” and was Sikorsky’s first widely produced amphibious flying boat which in addition to serving successfully for Pan American Airways and the U.S. Army, also had numerous private owners who received notoriety for their exploits.

Source: Sikorsky S-38 on Wikipedia

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Northrop YF-17 Cobra
Country	USA
Role	Prototype fighter aircraft
First flight	9 June 1974
Built	2

The Northrop YF-17 (nicknamed “Cobra”) was a prototype lightweight fighter aircraft designed for the United States Air Force’s Lightweight Fighter (LWF) technology evaluation program. The LWF was initiated because many in the fighter community believed that aircraft like the F-15 Eagle were too large and expensive for many combat roles. The YF-17 was the culmination of a long line of Northrop designs, beginning with the N-102 Fang in 1956, continuing through the F-5 family.

Source: Northrop YF-17 Cobra on Wikipedia

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Northrop F-89 Scorpion
Country	USA
Role	Interceptor
First flight	116 August 1948
Built	1050

The Northrop F-89 Scorpion was an American all-weather interceptor built during the 1950s, the first jet-powered aircraft designed as such from the outset to enter service. Though its straight wings limited its performance, it was among the first United States Air Force (USAF) jet fighters equipped with guided missiles and notably the first combat aircraft armed with air-to-air nuclear weapons (the unguided Genie rocket).

Source: Northrop F-89 Scorpion on Wikipedia

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QF 4.5-inch howitzer
Country	UK
Role	Field howitzer
In service	1908–1944
Built	3359

The Ordnance QF 4.5-inch howitzer was the standard British Empire field (or ‘light’) howitzer of the First World War era. It replaced the BL 5-inch howitzer and equipped some 25% of the field artillery. It entered service in 1910 and remained in service through the interwar period and was last used in the field by British forces in early 1942. It was generally horse drawn until mechanisation in the 1930s. The QF 4.5-inch howitzer was used by British and Commonwealth forces in most theatres, by Russia and by British troops in Russia in 1919. Its calibre (114 mm) and hence shell weight were greater than those of the equivalent German field howitzer (105 mm); France did not have an equivalent. In the Second World War it equipped some units of the BEF and British, Australian, New Zealand and South African batteries in East Africa and the Middle and Far East.

Source: QF 4.5-inch howitzer on Wikipedia

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Gyrodyne QH-50 DASH
Country	USA
Role	ASW drone
First flight	1959
Built	755

The Gyrodyne QH-50 DASH (Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter) is a small, drone helicopter built by Gyrodyne Company of America for use as a long-range anti-submarine weapon on ships that would otherwise be too small to operate a full-sized helicopter. It remained in production until 1969. Several are still used today for various land-based roles.

Source: Gyrodyne QH-50 DASH on Wikipedia

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Sikorsky H-5
Country	USA
Role	Helicopter
First flight	18 August 1943
Built	300+

The Sikorsky H-5, (initially designated R-5 and also known as S-48, S-51 and by company designation VS-327) was a helicopter built by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. It was used by the United States Air Force, and its predecessor, the United States Army Air Forces, as well as the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard (with the designations HO2S and HO3S). It was also used by the United States Post Office Department. In December 1946, an agreement was signed between the British company Westland Aircraft and Sikorsky to produce a British version of the H-5, to be manufactured under license in Britain as the Westland-Sikorsky WS-51 Dragonfly. By the time production ceased in 1951, more than 300 examples of all types of the H-5 had been built.