Global Hawk to join Atlantic coast experiment

Posted on: Apr. 5th, 2006 || Source: flightglobal.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

One of two unmanned air vehicles for the US Navy's Global Hawk maritime demonstration (GHMD) is being prepared to participate in the Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment (JEFX) 2006 off the US Atlantic coast at the end of this month. The navy's first Northrop Grumman RQ-4A arrived at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland on 28 March after a transcontinental flight from Edwards AFB, California.

The service’s second aircraft is still at the site undergoing modification. For the GHMD, two production RQ-4As have been modified with maritime radar modes and a signals intelligence sensor.

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