MQ-21 Mariner
Status: In-Service [A]
Role: Maritime Surveillance
Crew: 0
Passengers: 0
Cost: $25,000,000.00
Length: 39.37 ft.
Wingspan: 91.86 ft.
Height: 14.76 ft.
Empty Weight: 5,795.00 lb.
Fuel Weight: 6,765.00 lb.
Payload Weight: 2,200.00 lb. [external]; 1,765.00 lb. [internal]
Maximum Weight: 15,432.00 lb.
Powerplant:
Maximum Thrust:
  • Military: 4,750 lbf.
Maximum Speed:
  • Sea Level: Mach 0.45
  • Altitude: Mach 0.75
Initial Climb Rate: 1,500 ft/min
Service Ceiling: 50,000.00 ft.
Range:
  • Range: 8,625 mi
  • Datalink Range: Global
  • Endurance: 20 hours
Airfield Requirements:
  • Takeoff: 2,000 ft.
  • Landing: 2,000 ft.
G-Limits:
  • Positive: +2G
  • Negative: -1G
Gun:
  • None
Internal Bays:
  • None
External Hardpoints:

2 hardpoints rated at:

  • wing (2): 1,100.00 lb. ea [A2A/A2G]
Air to Air Ordinance:
Air to Ground Ordinance:
  • wing (2): AGM, Guided Bomb, Unguided Bomb
Other Ordinance:
  • wing (2): None
Avionics:
  • AESA Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Electro-Optical Sensor
  • Forward Looking Infrared
  • Laser Rangefinder
  • SIGNT & ESM Package
ECM Expendables:
  • Chaff: 0 bundles
  • Decoys: 0 decoys
  • Flares: 0 flares
Radar Signature: Same as EADS Talarion
Carrier Capable: No
Landing Drag Chute: No
V/STOVL: No
Special Notes: None
Number In Service [EOL]:
  • MQ-21A: 0
Users: Imperial Layartebian Defense Forces
Variants: Talarion - Prototype medium-altitude, long-endurance reconnaissance UAV
MQ-21A Mariner - Production model equipped with external weapon capabilities
 
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