Lockheed Stalker

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

Aviation / Aerospace

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Image from official Lockheed Martin marketing material.

The Lockheed Stalker is a recon-minded, hand-launched, electrically-driven UAV that has seen combat exposure over the battlefields of Afghanistan.

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Specifications

Year:
2006

Status
Active, In-Service

Crew
0

Production
100 Units

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works - USA

United States

- Reconnaissance (RECCE)
- Unmanned

Width:
9.84 ft (3 m)

Empty Weight:
15 lb (7 kg)

MTOW:
18 lb (8 kg)
(Diff: +2lb)

(Showcased weight values pertain to the Lockheed Stalker production model)

1 x Hush Drive Electric motor driving a two-bladed propeller at the nose.

Max Speed:
50 mph (80 kph; 43 kts)

Service Ceiling:
15,092 feet (4,600 m; 2.86 miles)

Max Range:
404 miles (650 km; 351 nm)

(Showcased performance values pertain to the Lockheed Stalker production model; Compare this aircraft entry against any other in our database)

None. Customizeable bay for variable mission equipment loads centered on Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR).

(Showcased armament details pertain to the Lockheed Stalker production model)

Stalker - Base Series Name

Stalker XE - Long-Endurance model

Stalker VTOL - Vertical Take-Off and Landing model equipped with four lift rotors; twin boom configuration.

General Assessment

Firepower

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Impact

Values are derrived from a variety of categories related to the design, overall function, and historical influence of this aircraft in aviation history.

Overall Rating

The overall rating takes into account over 60 individual factors related to this aircraft entry. The rating is out of a possible 100.

14

Relative Maximum Speed

Hi: 50mph

Lo: 25mph

This entry's maximum listed speed (50mph).

Graph average of 37.5 miles-per-hour.

City-to-City Ranges

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LDN

PAR

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Lockheed Stalker operational range when compared to distances between major cities.

Aviation Era Span

Showcasing era cross-over of this aircraft design.

Unit Production (100)

Comm. Market HI*: 44,000 units

Military Market HI**: 36,183 units

100

* Commercial Market High belongs to Cessna 172.

** Military Market High belongs to Ilyushin Il-2.

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