Beechcraft Mach-5 and Mach-7 missile target projects

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While looking for something in my files, I came across these Mach 5 and Mach 7 target drone projects from Beechcraft.
They appeared in a series of advertisements published during the late 1950s and describing the company's "Imaginuity", a coined portmanteau term combining the words "imagination" and "ingenuity".
I hope they haven't already been posted elsewhere on the forum, and if they have, please move or remove!

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The one in the middle appears to be the AQM-37, which they were able to get to Mach 5 without the additional engine on top. Maybe they were hoping to cruise at Mach 5 with the extra engine?
 
The one in the middle appears to be the AQM-37, which they were able to get to Mach 5 without the additional engine on top. Maybe they were hoping to cruise at Mach 5 with the extra engine?
Yes, it is indeed the AQM-37A/KD2B-1 (see the caption of the ads in the attachments). And yes, it was originally meant to go at Mach 3 only.

Here is another ramjet-powered Beechcraft design with a slightly different configuration, designated PD-121:

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