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Northrop Grumman, EADS Confirm Commitment To Germany’s Euro Hawk

Gally Articola

Wednesday, June 5th, 2013

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] and the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company have said they remained committed to Germany’s Euro Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle despite reports out of Berlin that the program will be canceled. "Northrop Grumman and EADS remain fully committed to the Euro Hawk program of record, and the critical capabilities the system will provide the German armed forces and its allies,” the defense firms said in a joint statement. Media reports emerged that the German Defense Ministry is scrapping the planned…

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