OVERVIEW
The Lockheed Stalker is a recon-minded, hand-launched, electrically-driven UAV that has seen combat exposure over the battlefields of Afghanistan.
The Lockheed Stalker is a recon-minded, hand-launched, electrically-driven UAV that has seen combat exposure over the battlefields of Afghanistan.
YEAR: 2006
STATUS: Active, In-Service
MANUFACTURER(S): Lockheed Martin Skunk Works - USA
PRODUCTION: 100
OPERATORS: United States
SPECIFICATIONS
Unless otherwise noted the presented statistics below pertain to the Lockheed Stalker model. Common measurements, and their respective conversions, are shown when possible.
Unless otherwise noted the presented statistics below pertain to the Lockheed Stalker model. Common measurements, and their respective conversions, are shown when possible.
CREW: 0
WIDTH: 9.84 feet (3 meters)
WEIGHT (EMPTY): 15 pounds (7 kilograms)
WEIGHT (MTOW): 18 pounds (8 kilograms)
ENGINE: 1 x Hush Drive Electric motor driving a two-bladed propeller at the nose.
SPEED (MAX): 50 miles-per-hour (80 kilometers-per-hour; 43 knots)
RANGE: 404 miles (650 kilometers; 351 nautical miles)
CEILING: 15,092 feet (4,600 meters; 2.86 miles)
ARMAMENT
None. Customizeable bay for variable mission equipment loads centered on Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR).
None. Customizeable bay for variable mission equipment loads centered on Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR).
VARIANTS
Series Model Variants
• 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.
Series Model Variants
• 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.
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General Assessment
Firepower
Performance
Survivability
Versatility
Impact
Values are derrived from a variety of categories related to the design, overall function, and historical influence of this aircraft in aviation history.
MF Power Rating
14
The MF Power Rating takes into account over sixty individual factors related to this aircraft entry. The rating is out of 100 total possible points.
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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Aviation Era
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Unit Production (100)
Comm. Market HI*: 44,000 units
Military Market HI**: 36,183 units
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