Global Hawk Programme Costs Triple

Posted on: Dec. 8th, 2004 || Source: shephard.co.uk | E-mail Article | Print Article

House Armed Services Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee Chairman Curt Weldon, asked the GAO to assess the programme, which was restructured twice in 2002 to add a Global Hawk B variant.

Under that restructuring, program funding was compressed from 20 years to 10 years and will -- for some years -- triple the UAV's budgetary requirements. The Air Force is expected to seek US$ 750 million in fiscal 2006, three times the amount originally planned for the programme, the report said.

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