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Block 30 Global Hawks Snag Key Approval

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

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The Air Force has declared the latest block of RQ-4B Global Hawk drones, with which Pentagon testers found shortcomings in May, has reached the key development milestone of initial operational capability (IOC). Bill Walker, business development manager for Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Global Hawk program, told reporters yesterday he expects all nine aircraft shortcomings flagged by Pentagon testers during initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) to be resolved by the end of this year. IOC normally is declared on a developmental…

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