Gorgon (missile family)

Gorgon
A PTV-N-2 Gorgon IV missile on a Northrop P-61A mother-ship
Type	missile / reconnaissance drone / target drone
Place of origin	United States
Production history
Designer	Naval Air Development Center (NADC)
Designed	1940s
Produced	from 1943 to 1953
Specifications
Weight	PTV-N-2 - 1,598 lb (725 kg)
Length	PTV-N-2 - 22 ft (6.6 m)

Engine	PTV-N-2 - Marquardt XRJ30-MA ramjet
Wingspan	PTV-N-2 - 10.0 ft (3.05 m)
Flight ceiling	PTV-N-2 - 35,100 ft (10,700 m)

PTV-N-2 Gorgon IV in Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

RTV-N-15 Pollux in Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

The Gorgon was an air-to-air missile powered by a turbojet engine and equipped with radio controls and a homing device.

It was developed by the U.S. during World War II, was later expanded into a more general program including turbojet, ramjet, pulsejet, and rocket power. Straight wing, swept wing, and canard (tail first) air frames were investigated and visual, television, heat-homing, and three types of radar guidance were looked at for use as possible air-to-air, air-to-surface and surface-to-surface guided missiles and as target drones.

The final development of the series, the ASM-N-5 Gorgon V, was to be an unpowered chemical weapons dispenser.

Variants

Data from:^[1]

Gorgon IIA: Canard layout with single rocket ( may spit out fire at times)

KA2N-1 -

KU2N-1 -

CTV-4 -

CTV-N-4 -

Gorgon IIB

Canard layout with single pulse-jet

Gorgon IIIA

Conventional layout with single rocket

KA3N-1 -

KU3N-1 -

CTV-6 -

CTV-N-6 -

Gorgon IIIB

Gorgon IIIC

Conventional layout with twin rockets

KA3N-2 -

KU3N-2 -

RTV-4 -

RTV-N-4 -

Gorgon IV

Single ramjet

KUM-1 -

PTV-2 -

PTV-N-2 -

Gorgon V

Derivative of Gorgon IV

ASM-N-5 Gorgon V - proposed chemical weapons dispenser variant

NADC Plover

Drone variant of Gorgon IV

KDM-1 -

NADC Pollux

Similar to Gorgon IIC

RTV-N-15 -

KGN-1

References

Citations

↑ Parsch 2005

Bibliography

Parsch, Andreas (2005). "Martin ASM-N-5 Gorgon V". Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles Appendix 1: Early Missiles and Drones. designation-systems.net. Retrieved 2013-01-31.

External links

Articles and topics related to the Gorgon missiles

USN target drone aircraft pre-1945
Culver	TDC TD2C TD3C TD4C
Radioplane	TDD TD2D² TD3D² TD4D
McDonnell	TDD² TD2D
Frankfort	TDD² TD2D² TD3D
Bell	TDL
Naval Aircraft Factory	TDN TD2N TD3N
Interstate	TDR TD2R TD3R
¹ Not assigned • ² Assigned to a different manufacturer's type See also: Drones

USN/USMC drone designations 1946–1962
Ryan	KDA
Beechcraft	KDB KD2B
Curtiss-Wright	KDC KD2C KD3C
McDonnell	KDD
Globe	KDG KD2G KD3G KD4G KD5G KD6G
McDonnell	KDH
Martin	KDM
Naval Aircraft Factory	KDN KD2N
Radioplane	KDR KD2R KD3R¹ KD4R
Temco	KDT
Vought	KDU KD2U
Culver	UC
¹ Not assigned See also: Target Drones

USN missile designations 1947–1962

Air-launched missiles

Air-to-air missiles	AAM-N-2 AAM-N-3 AAM-N-4 AAM-N-5 AAM-N-6 AAM-N-7 AAM-N-9 AAM-N-10 AAM-N-11
Air-to-surface missiles	ASM-N-2 ASM-N-4 ASM-N-5 ASM-N-6 ASM-N-7 ASM-N-8 ASM-N-10 ASM-N-11
Air-to-underwater missiles	AUM-N-2 AUM-N-4 AUM-N-6

Surface-launched missiles

Surface-to-air missiles	SAM-N-2 SAM-N-4 SAM-N-6 SAM-N-7 SAM-N-8 SAM-N-8 SAM-N-9
Surface-to-surface missiles	SSM-N-2 SSM-N-4 SSM-N-6 SSM-N-8 SSM-N-9 (I) SSM-N-9 (II)
Surface-to-underwater missiles	SUM-N-2

Test vehicles

Control	CTV-N-2 CTV-N-4 CTV-N-6 CTV-N-8 CTV-N-9 CTV-N-10
Launching	LTV-N-2 LTV-N-4
Propulsion	PTV-N-2 PTV-N-4
Research and general testing	RTV-N-2 RTV-N-4 RTV-N-6 RTV-N-8 RTV-N-10 RTV-N-12 RTV-N-13 RTV-N-15 RTV-N-16

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