CTV-N-2 Gorgon IIC

The CTV-N-2 Gorgon IIC – also designated KGN, KUN, and CTV-2 – was an experimental drone, originally intended as a surface-to-surface missile, developed by the United States Navy near the end of World War II.

[1] The pulsejet, developed at the Naval Engineering Experiment Station, was 14 inches (360 mm) in diameter and was mounted above the rear fuselage; launch was from the ground using a catapult or sled with a 900 lbf (4,000 N) rocket booster, or from a carrier aircraft.

[2] In its original, bombardment configuration, the Gorgon IIC was intended to use active radar homing, similar to that used on the Bat guided bomb.

[1] Eight target drone versions of the Gorgon IIC, originally designated TD3N-1 but, in March 1946, redesignated KD2N-1, were also produced;[2] the KD2N was used in parachute-recovery trials around 1950.

[6] The RTV-N-15 Pollux was derived from the Gorgon IIC airframe,[2] the pulsejet engine being moved to an internal mounting, and it was intended to use a mixture of radar and infrared guidance.

RTV-N-15 at the Udvar-Hazy Center