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Northrop Grumman Firebird

Lift type	Fixed wing
Construction type	Factory-built
Control type	Piloted, Autonomous
Engine type	Piston
Application	Surveillance
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Optionally piloted vehicle with twin boom and piston pusher engine.

Type variants

Variant	Launch/First flight	Production end
Northrop Grumman Firebird	2011 / 2010		Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance system developed in manned, autonomous and optionally piloted configurations

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Airframer

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems

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Other aircraft programs: Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk, Northrop Grumman UCAS X-47, Northrop Grumman BQM-34 Firebee, Yamaha RMAX, Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider, Northrop Grumman ANCILLARY

Supply chain

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Design / Design

Scaled Composites LLC

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Design Services:

Avionics / Imaging and Visual Systems

Teledyne FLIR (was FLIR Systems, Inc.)

Analysis

Cameras (Airborne): HD full-motion video sensors

Power Systems / Engines

Lycoming Engines

Analysis

Piston Engines: (TEO-540 - Northrop Grumman Firebird - iE2 TEO-540-E )

Power Systems / Rotors & Propellers

Hartzell Propeller

Analysis | News

Composite Propellers: Bantam ASC-II composite propeller

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