Northrop Grumman has flown Japan’s RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle (UAV) for the first time. Northrop Grumman has flown Japan’s RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle (UAV) for the first time.

The U.S. Air Force has permanently relocated three Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk Block 40 surveillance drones from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam to Yokota Air Base near Tokyo, strengthening its ...

Designed as a replacement for the manned U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane, the RQ-4 drone has vastly expanded the US Air Force’s surveillance capabilities. The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a vital ...

From Foxtrot Alpha: The Global Hawk has been flying for close to 15 years, and its development has been a twisting road filled with dead ends and wandering requirements. After over $10B spent and ...

BALTIMORE, Md. - The RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) provided more than half of the time-critical target data used to defeat Iraqi anti-aircraft systems during Operation Iraqi Freedom ...

The Pentagon has decided not to send a Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to the Pacific this summer for a long-awaited demonstration of the high-flying intelligence collection aircraft's ...

DAYTON — The recent crashes of U.S. unmanned military drones in Iran and Seychelles won’t be major setbacks to America’s unmanned aircraft program, a defense industry analyst said. “Unmanned systems, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The cost of flying Northrop Grumman Corp's RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned spy plane has dropped more than 50 percent over the past three years, reflecting higher use and efforts to ...

Raytheon has won a $45.7 million contract from Northrop Grumman to support Northrop’s Global Hawk UAV efforts by providing ground segments. Raytheon has won a $45.7 million contract from Northrop ...

Mitre Corp., Bedford, Mass., has developed Web browser software to track in near real-time the progress of Global Hawk or Predator unmanned aerial vehicles. Specifically, the program tracks ...