Gorgon (missile family)

Gorgon
A PTV-N-2 Gorgon IV missile on a Northrop P-61A mother-ship
Type	missile / reconnaissance drone / target drone
Place of origin	United States
Production history
Designer	Naval Air Development Center (NADC)
Designed	1940s
Produced	from 1943 to 1953
Specifications
Weight	PTV-N-2 - 1,598 lb (725 kg)
Length	PTV-N-2 - 22 ft (6.6 m)
Engine	PTV-N-2 - Marquardt XRJ30-MA ramjet
Wingspan	PTV-N-2 - 10.0 ft (3.05 m)
Flight ceiling	PTV-N-2 - 35,100 ft (10,700 m)

The Gorgon was an air-to-air missile powered by a turbojet engine and equipped with radio controls and a homing device.

It was developed by the U.S. during World War II, was later expanded into a more general program including turbojet, ramjet, pulsejet, and rocket power. Straight wing, swept wing, and canard (tail first) air frames were investigated and visual, television, heat-homing, and three types of radar guidance were looked at for use as possible air-to-air, air-to-surface and surface-to-surface guided missiles and as target drones.

The final development of the series, the ASM-N-5 Gorgon V, was to be an unpowered chemical weapons dispenser.

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