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    The Radioplane Company was an American aviation company that produced drone aircraft primarily for use as gunnery targets. During World War II, they produced...
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    The Radioplane OQ-2 was the first mass-produced UAV or drone in the United States, manufactured by the Radioplane Company. A follow-on version, the OQ-3...
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    The Radioplane BTT, known as RP-71 by the company, as WS-426/2 by the United States Navy, and as WS-462/2 by the US Air Force, is a family of target drones...
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  • The Radioplane Q-1 was an American target drone, developed in the early 1950s for the United States Air Force by the Radioplane Company. Originally powered...
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    Monroe's career. Monroe moved in with her in-laws and began a job at the Radioplane Company, a munitions factory in Van Nuys. In late 1944, she met photographer...
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    successor to the Radioplane Company who developed the Crossbow's predecessor, the Q-1 target drone. In the late 1940s, the Radioplane Company developed a set...
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    The Radioplane OQ-17 was a target drone produced by the Radioplane Company for the United States Army Air Forces and, as the TD4D/KDR Quail, the United...
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    their radio-controlled target drone, the Radioplane OQ-2. In July 1940, they formed the Radioplane Company and manufactured nearly fifteen thousand drones...
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    aircraft in the 1930s opening a shop. The shop evolved into the "Radioplane Company". Denny believed that low-cost RC aircraft would be very useful for...
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    Northrop Corporation (category Defunct technology companies based in California)
    The company is known for its development of the flying wing design, most successfully the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. Jack Northrop founded 3 companies using...
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