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March 17, 2006
US budget watchdog calls for suspension of Northrop Grumman RQ-4B UAV full production
'The US federal government's expenditure investigation body is calling for the suspension of serial production of the Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle and for the programme to be massively reviewed.
A report by the US Government Accountability Office (formerly General Accounting Office, GAO) says manufacture of the RQ-4B should be limited only to flight test articles, pending maturation of proposed signals intelligence and imaging radar payloads which may require extensive air vehicle modifications.'
Read more at US budget watchdog calls for suspension of Northrop Grumman RQ-4B UAV full productionPosted by Darren at March 17, 2006 01:30 PM | More from UAV News |
