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 ...
Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a new documentary video about the US AirForce Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk + the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper and General Atomics MQ-1 Predator ...
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RQ-4 Global Hawk

The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk is the epitome of a modern-day intelligence complement unmanned aircraft, and has remained flexible to the demands of 21st-century warfare. However, it got its ...
The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman are coming to terms with cost growth in the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program that has occurred during the transition to the larger RQ-4B model, ...
With just one snip, a pair of scissors unveiled a new piece of Global Hawk-related equipment at Robins Air Force Base Monday. The ribbon-cutting ceremony capped 18 months of construction on a new fuel ...
Key Point: Aside from a few classified vehicles, the U.S. military largely relies on slow, non-stealthy manned and unmanned aircraft for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The shoot-down ...