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South Korea Requests $1.2 Billion Deal For Global Hawk Block 30 UAVs

Thursday, January 3rd, 2013

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The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said it notified Congress Dec. 21 of a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to South Korea of four RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and associated parts and support worth potentially $1.2 billion. The possible sale includes four of Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Block 30s with the Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suite (EISS). The EISS includes infrared/electro-optical, synthetic aperture radar imagery and ground moving target indicator, mission control element, launch and recovery element,…

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