The 18th Reconnaissance Squadron -- newest operators of the spiffy Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk drone -- offered me total access during a visit last week. I was impressed with the bird before ...

It can spy on enemy targets while lingering at 40,000 feet for more than a day. But at a typical price of $78 million, the massive 32,250 pound Global Hawk is not just the largest drone in the U.S ...

The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a $222 million spy drone that weighs 14,950 pounds, has a 130.9 foot wingspan, and can survey an area the size of South Korea or Iceland in one day.

Re "Global Hawk flies into budget battle," Dec. 6 The Air Force's decision to curtail its use of the Global Hawk spy drone demonstrates how clouded decisions can become in today's fiscally ...

But there's a mismatch on the Air Force side of things. Every Army battalion commander, Air Force targeting cell and special operations team in Iraq wants access to a Predator drone at all times.

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Two Global Hawk unmanned aircraft have flown in close formation at distances as close as 30 feet ... View 3 Images 1 / 3. The two NASA Global Hawk UAVs flying in close formation. 2 / 3.

August 7, 2022: The jet propelled RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV was the first large jet powered UAV to enter service and did so over Afghanistan three years after its first flight in 1998 while still ...

The Global Hawk, made by Northrop Grumman and equipped with still-image cameras and sophisticated radar, is still in development. Eventually it is expected to replace the Air Force's U-2 spy plane ...

The Global Hawk drone at the 2001 Le Bourget Air Show in France. Russia is suspected of electronic interference into a drone flight in Estonian airspace.