Unidentified Teledyne Ryan RPV/UAV designs

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This is the kind of topic which I hope will be temporary, and that it gradually will be split into separate ones when the types get proper identification.
Until then, I will be creating a comment for each unknown design, so that when the time comes, it will be easier to split.
Given the scope of Teledyne Ryan's involvement with unmanned systems, both in time (five decades), technology (props, jets, rotors, fans) and diversity (target drones, supersonic targets, high-altitude RPVs, research models), all culminating to the company's swan song, the development of their 367 (Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk), it comes almost as a surprise that the number of unidentified designs is not any higher.
If you can identify any of these models, it will be appreciated!

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Here is a flying wing design that appears in several photos of the Teledyne Ryan archives at SDASM.
Any idea what it's supposed to be?
 

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Here is what appears to be a pulse-jet powered target, reminiscent of the configuration of the old V-1 and its numerous copies such as the Republic JB-1 Thunderbug. Does this ring a bell with anyone?
 

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A small prop engined UAV, possibly Teledyne Ryan's simplest and cheapest design:
 

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A stopped-rotor UAV concept for the Navy, both in wind-tunnel form and in paintings of two different configurations (please note that this is NOT related to the Vertiwing designs, which have triangular rotary wings with pivoting tips):
 

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The so-called "Advanced High-performance Target or Reconnaissance System", a supersonic target with delta wings:
 

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A seemingly supersonic vehicle with inverted wingtips and canards:
 

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An isosceles triangle with top-mounted jets, possibly a proof-of-concept demonstrator for some stealth proposal (I know the image appears in the Model 268 topic as well, but it's most likely unrelated):
 

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A fighter-shaped UAV with inverted tail fin:
 

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