FIRST FLIGHT: Northrop Grumman's second RQ-4A Global Hawk maritime demonstrator successfully completed its first flight, the company said June 13. In the four-hour flight, the UAV launched ...

GLOBAL HAWK FLIGHT: The first Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle built for the U.S. Navy flew for the first time Oct. 6, according to a source at prime contractor Northrop Grumman. The RQ-4A Global ...

Northrop Grumman Corp.’s NOC business unit, Northrop Grumman Systems, recently secured a $53.7-million contract to support the RQ-4A Global Hawk Broad Area Maritime Surveillance - Demonstrator (BAMS-D ...

Once the dust cleared, it turned out that one of the enduring lessons from the past week occurred at about 22,000 feet. The Iranian downing of an RQ-4A Global Hawk on Thursday is thought to have been ...

The Iranians want to send a clear message to the US: they are capable of hitting even advanced American equipment, and they won’t hesitate if they feel threatened. The Iranians believe that President ...

The shooting down of a US Navy RQ-4A Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle on 20 June appears to have confirmed that Iran has developed highly capable surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems in recent ...

As if the active wildfires across the U.S. weren’t bad enough, a different kind of fire broke out on August 6, as a result of a military aircraft crash. Thankfully, unlike the recent sightseeing plane ...

Beale Air Force Base officials recently announced that a “critical” remotely-piloted surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft will no longer be flown or used at the base. According to the Air Force, ...

SAN DIEGO, March 29, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) first RQ-4A Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration (GHMD) unmanned air vehicle has arrived at Naval Air Station, Patuxent ...

The U.S. Air Force 452nd Flight Test Squadron marked the completion of its RQ-4 Global Hawk flight test program Friday with a sunsetting event at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Guest speakers ...

GE-Aviation announced on August 14 that it is under contract to supply flight control actuation, electrical power generation & control, emergency power and other aircraft systems for use on the RQ-4 ...

The Pacific Ocean is a very big and deserted place. From the Western coast of America, for instance, to the shores of Japan, there are no less than 5,300 miles (over 8,500 km, shortest distance) of ...