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Northrop Grumman To Retrofit Block 30 Global Hawks With SIGINT Payloads

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Thursday, June 16th, 2011

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PALMDALE, Calif.-- Aircraft manufacturer Northrop Grumman [NOC] plans to equip the Air Force’s entire fleet of RQ-4C Global Hawk unmanned aircraft with advanced signals intelligence sensors, giving the autonomous plane the same capabilities as the venerable U-2 spy plane, according to company officials. The SIGINT capability for the Global Hawk will be focused on the Block 30 variant of the aircraft, Bill Walker, Northrop Grumman’s campaign lead for Global Hawk advanced capabilities, said in a June 9 interview here. …

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