Martin Marietta Model 845
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| Model 845 | |
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| Type | Communications relay drone |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Martin Marietta |
| Maiden flight | 1971 |
| Number built | 2 |
The Martin Marietta Model 845 was a remotely-piloted aircraft developed in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s for use as a communications relay in the Vietnam War.
Two prototypes were built as part of the United States Air Force's Compass Dwell program, these machines also being based on a Schweizer sailplane and similar in configuration to the competing XQM-93 design by Ling-Temco-Vought. Test flights were performed in 1971, with one of the prototypes staying aloft for almost 28 hours, but the Model 845A was cancelled along with the XQM-93.
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This article contains material that originally came from the web article Unmanned Aerial Vehicles by Greg Goebel, which exists in the Public Domain.
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