US budget watchdog calls for suspension of Northrop RQ-4B UAV full production

Posted on: Mar. 16th, 2006 || Source: flightglobal.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

US budget watchdog calls for suspension of Northrop 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.

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