The Air Force has reduced the operation and maintenance costs of the Global Hawk drone in recent months, an official said, as the spy plane faces increased scrutiny for its high costs and questions about its effectiveness. Lt. Col. Ricky Thomas, the Air Force functional manager of the RQ-4, said the operations and maintenance costs have been reduced by 5 to 10 percent since June 14 as the service scrubbed the program to look for savings and phase out inefficiencies.…
Global Hawk’s Costs Coming Down, Air Force says
Defense Daily Staff
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