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The aircraft can carry either radar or infrared tow targets for missile training, as well as a square banner with an enhanced radar signature for gunnery training. The Streaker is generally designed to operate as a tow vehicle for missile and gun targets. It can be recovered by parachute and reused.
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The drone is launched from the ground with a rocket booster accelerating it until the jet engine takes over. The MQM-107 is designed as a high-subsonic target drone, featuring a slight sweep in the wings and a centerline mounted turbojet engine. Over the next two decades, several updated variants of the Streaker were introduced with different engines and payloads. It was announced as the winner in 1975, and the Army took delivery of the original model (the MQM-107A) until 1979. The MQM-107 was originally developed by Beech Aircraft for the United States Army Aviation and Missile Command's 1972 Variable Speed Training Target (VSTT) requirement. The US Air Force uses them in practice engagements for their air-to-air missiles like the AIM-9 Sidewinder and the AIM-120 AMRAAM. The US Army uses the drone for testing various surface-to-air missile systems such as the FIM-92 Stinger and the MIM-104 Patriot. The Beechcraft MQM-107 Streaker is a reusable, turbojet powered, target towing drone primarily used by the United States Army and the United States Air Force for testing and training.