Lockheed Martin Polecat

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title: "Lockheed Martin Polecat" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["lockheed-martin-aircraft", "2000s-united-states-experimental-aircraft", "unmanned-military-aircraft-of-the-united-states", "twinjets", "flying-wings", "unmanned-stealth-aircraft", "aircraft-with-retractable-tricycle-landing-gear", "aircraft-first-flown-in-2005"] description: "Type of unmanned aircraft" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_Polecat" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Type of unmanned aircraft ::

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Field	Value
name	Polecat
image	LM Polecat.jpg
caption	A picture of the Lockheed-Martin Polecat released at the Farnborough Airshow in 2006
type	Unmanned aerial vehicle
manufacturer	Lockheed Martin Skunk Works
first_flight	2005
retired	December 18, 2006
number_built	1
developed_from	Lockheed Martin X-44 (UAV)
developed_into	Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel
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The Lockheed Martin Polecat (company designation P-175) was an unmanned aerial vehicle by Lockheed Martin. It was developed by the company's Advanced Development Programs division in Palmdale, California.

Design and development

Designated P-175, the Polecat was funded internally by Lockheed Martin (as opposed to using United States Government funds) at the beginning of 2005. The prototype was unveiled at the 2006 Farnborough Airshow. It was developed over a period of 18 months.

On December 18, 2006, the aircraft crashed due to an "irreversible unintentional failure in the flight termination ground equipment, which caused the aircraft's automatic fail-safe flight termination mode to activate."

Specifications

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References

References

1. "[https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/farnborough-picture-lockheed-martin-skunk-works-releases-picture-of-secret-polecat-uav-207950/ Farnborough picture: Lockheed Martin Skunk Works releases picture of secret Polecat UAV]." ''[[Flight International]]''. July 19, 2006. Retrieved July 12, 2013
2. "[http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/mh/awshownews072006 Aviation Week ShowNews Farnborough Day 4 E-zine] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-02-03 ." ''[[Aviation Week & Space Technology]]''. July 20, 2006.)
3. (January 2017)
4. Trimble, S. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20120118144853/http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2007/03/what-killed-the-polecat.html What Killed the Polecat?]." ''Flightglobal.com''. July, 2007.

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