| RQ-5 Hunter | |
|---|---|
 A U.S. Army Hunter (RQ-5) UAV | |
| General information | |
| Type | Unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aerial vehicle |
| National origin | Israel |
| Manufacturer | TRW (acquired by Northrop Grumman in 2002) / IAI |
| Primary user | United States Army |
| Number built | at least 20 |
| History | |
| Introduction date | 1995 |
| Retired | 2015 |
The IAI RQ-5 Hunter is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) originally intended to serve as the United States Army's Short Range UAV system for division and corps commanders. It took off and landed (using arresting gear) on runways. It used a gimbaled EO/IR sensor to relay its video in real time via a second airborne Hunter over a C-band line-of-sight data link. The RQ-5 is based on the Hunter UAV that was developed by Israel Aerospace Industries.