Northrop Grumman-Built Global Hawk Surpasses 5,000 Combat Flight Hours

Posted on: Jan. 4th, 2006 || Source: irconnect.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 3, 2006 -- The U.S. Air Force's RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance system, built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), recently passed the 5,000 combat flight-hours mark while on a mission supporting the global war on terrorism.

Deployed almost immediately following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles have been flying nearly continuous combat missions since 2001. The system has now flown 233 missions, 157 of them by a single Global Hawk. Collectively, the family of Global Hawk aircraft has accumulated more than 8,000 total flight hours.

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