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RQ-4 Global Hawk

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Name: RQ-4 Global Hawk

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Barack Obama

Obama's Drone Changes Change Very Little

President Barack Obama made a number of smart changes to the U.S. drone war and detention policies today, and they should leave all Americans deeply unsatisfied.Why? Because refining individual elements of America’s global fight against Islamic terrorists ... [Published Bloomberg - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Drone, Barack Obama, Executive (government)

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 3 reports

Navy conducts first test flight of Northrop's Triton drone

The successful flight could have a major effect on the drone program's future in the Southland. Aerospace giant Northrop Grumman Corp., plagued by setbacks with its pricey high-flying spy drones, has come up with a new version for the Navy that could ... [Published Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Drone, Northrop Grumman Corporation, RQ-4 Global Hawk

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 8 hours ago - 3 reports

Northrop Grumman Corporation

MQ-4C Triton Takes Flight

ALMDALE, Calif. (May 21, 2013) Two Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicles are seen on the tarmac at a Northrop Grumman test facility in Palmdale, Calif. Triton is undergoing flight testing as an unmanned maritime surveillance vehicle. ... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Northrop Grumman Corporation, RQ-4 Global Hawk, Maritime Surveillance

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

US Air Force

US House Panel Defends Global Hawk, Wants More Army UAV Use

Defense News: WASHINGTON — While the US Air Force has been trying to retire its fleet of RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 UAVs, the House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee is again stepping in to keep the birds flying. ... [Published I360 Gov - 11 hours ago]

Entities: RQ-4 Global Hawk, UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Land Forces, US Air Force

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

U.S. industry touts 'drone' promise as public debate flares

Public backlash againstdeadly overseas drone strikes may undermine promising uses ofsuch technology for anything from disaster response to maildelivery, a top U.S. industry group said as it launched alobbying effort to "demystify" unmanned planes.The ... [Published Reuters - May 23 2013]

Entities: Drone, Northrop Grumman Corporation, United States, Randy Belote

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 16 hours ago - 4 reports

RQ-4 Global Hawk

Navy’s Triton Recon Drone Makes First Flight

May’s been a good month for Navy drones and Northrop Grumman . First Northrop’s X-47B, forerunner for a future generation of unmanned reconnaissance and strike planes, made its first launch and first touch-and-go landing on an aircraft carrier. Today, ... [Published AOL Defense - May 22 2013]

Entities: Drone, Northrop Grumman Corporation, RQ-4 Global Hawk

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

MURPHY'S LAW: The Sad Death Of Euro Hawk

: After spending over $700 million and a decade of development effort Germany has cancelled plans to buy five American Global Hawk UAVs. Called the Euro Hawk, this German version was to be equipped with European electronics and serve as a long endurance ... [Published Strategy Page - May 22 2013]

Entities: RQ-4 Global Hawk, UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Aviation, Germany

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Administration says Americans killed in drone strikes

The Topline: The Obama administration acknowledged on Wednesday that it has killed four Americans in drone strikes overseas.Attorney General Eric Holder disclosed the killings in a letter to Congress.The admission comes the day before President Obama ... [Published The Hill - May 23 2013]

Entities: Drone, Chuck Hagel, Eric Holder, Anwar Al-Awlaki, Michael Michaud

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Lawmakers: Keep flying Global Hawk Block 30 through 2016

Lawmakers want the Air Force to keep flying the unmanned RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 for another three years, despite the service's contention that the manned U-2 is better suited for intelligence gathering. ... [Published Air Force Times - News - May 22 2013]

Entities: RQ-4 Global Hawk, Intelligence Gathering

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Minister on the Defensive: Drone Program Collapse Has Berlin Under Pressure

Thomas de Maizière has long been a close ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel. But the defense minister now finds himself at the center of controversy after cancelling Germany's half-billion euro surveillance drone program last week. He has allegedly known ... [Published Spiegel Online - May 22 2013]

Entities: Drone, Ministry of Defence, NATO, Free Democratic Party (DE)

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

House panel seeks to block Global Hawk retirement

A House Armed Services subcommittee is proposing to block the Air Force’s planned retirement of the Global Hawk Block 30 drones at the end of 2014.The House Armed Services Tactical Air and Land subpanel included a provision in its portion of the Defense ... [Published The Hill - May 22 2013]

Entities: RQ-4 Global Hawk, Combat Vehicle, Mike Turner

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 5 reports

Northrop Grumman lands $555.6 million contract

A Northrop Grumman Global Hawk high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle. USAFNorthrop Grumman’s San Diego division has been awarded a two-year Air Force contract potentially valued at $555.6 million to modernize its Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles, ... [Published U-T San Diego - May 18 2013]

Entities: Northrop Grumman Corporation, UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, RQ-4 Global Hawk

Quotes

"When operational, the MQ-4C will complement our manned [planes] because it can fly for long periods, transmit its information in real time to units in the air and on ground, as well as use less resources than previous surveillance aircraft" said Rear Adm. Sean Buck, Navy patrol and reconnaissance group commander

Navy conducts first test flight of Northrop's Triton drone [Published Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago]

...the Navy's maritime ISR mission," said Captain Jim Hoke, program manager for the Persistent Maritime UAS office, which oversees the Triton program. "The data we collect the next few years is essential to certify the system for operational use."

US Navy's Triton UAV takes to the skies for the first time [Published Gizmag - 8 hours ago]

"After 20 years of continuous production, our LN-100 product continues to provide reliable, high performance to a broad customer community while evolving with emerging needs" said Gorik Hossepian, vice president of Northrop Grumman's Navigation and Positioning Systems business unit

Northrop Grumman Delivers 8,000th LN-100 Inertial Navigation System [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - 13 hours ago]

...Sin embargo, tenían previsto incluir ese sistema en los cuatro drones encargados por el gobierno alemán. "Es un componente de todos los modelos de la familia ‘Hawk‘" , aseguró el portavoz que no entiende por qué de repente el gobierno alemán habla de un notable incremento de los costes...

Fabricante del abortado proyecto de drones alemanes se defiende [Published Europe Online Magazine - 13 hours ago]

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Navy conducts first test flight of Northrop's T... [Published Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago]
Navy Completes Test Flight of Triton Spy Drone [Published Sensors & Systems - 3 hours ago]
China: The Dawn Of The Drones – Analysis [Published Eurasia Review - 7 hours ago]
Obama's Drone Changes Change Very Little [Published Bloomberg - 8 hours ago]
US Navy's Triton UAV takes to the skies for the... [Published Gizmag - 8 hours ago]
US House Panel Defends Global Hawk, Wants More ... [Published I360 Gov - 11 hours ago]
Drohnen über Europa: Eurocontrol fordert EU-wei... [Published Europe Online Magazine - 12 hours ago]
Northrop Grumman Delivers 8,000th LN-100 Inerti... [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - 13 hours ago]
Fabricante del abortado proyecto de drones alem... [Published Europe Online Magazine - 13 hours ago]
Navy completes test flight of Triton spy drone [Published SmartPlanet - 15 hours ago]
MQ-4C Triton Takes Flight [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - 18 hours ago]
MQ-4C Triton Takes Flight [Published Information Dissemination - 23 hours ago]
Triton flies [Published Australian Aviation Magazine - May 23 2013]
U.S. industry touts 'drone' promise as public d... [Published Reuters - May 23 2013]
U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton Achieves First Flight [Published Aviation International News - May 23 2013]
OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Administration says American... [Published The Hill - May 23 2013]
Navy’s Triton Recon Drone Makes First Flight [Published AOL Defense - May 22 2013]
CORRECTING and REPLACING CAPTION Rolls-Royce AE... [Published Yahoo! Finance - May 22 2013]
Rolls-Royce AE 3007 Powers First Flight of US N... [Published Business Wire - May 22 2013]
Navy Completes First Flight Of Game-Changing MQ... [Published Popular Science - May 22 2013]
Navy Completes First Flight Of Game-Changing MQ... [Published Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, ... - May 22 2013]
Northrop Gets $113.7M DoD Contract Zacks [Published Yahoo! Finance - May 22 2013]
Navy?s High-Flying Spy Drone Completes Its Firs... [Published Wired News - May 22 2013]
Defense ministry knew about Euro Hawk misgivings [Published Deutsche Welle - May 22 2013]
MURPHY'S LAW: The Sad Death Of Euro Hawk [Published Strategy Page - May 22 2013]
Lawmakers: Keep flying Global Hawk Block 30 thr... [Published Air Force Times - News - May 22 2013]
Grand Forks AFB kicks off 101 Critical Days of ... [Published Grand Forks Air Force Base - May 22 2013]
Minister on the Defensive: Drone Program Collap... [Published Spiegel Online - May 22 2013]
House panel seeks to block Global Hawk retirement [Published The Hill - May 22 2013]
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC), The Boeing ... [Published InsiderMonkey.com - May 22 2013]

Blogs

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MQ-4C Triton Takes Flight [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - 18 hours ago] ALMDALE, Calif. (May 21, 2013) Two Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicles are seen on the tarmac at a Northrop Grumman test facility in Palmdale, Calif. Triton is undergoing flight testing as an unmanned maritime surveillance vehicle. ...
MQ-4C Triton Takes Flight [Published Information Dissemination - 23 hours ago] ALMDALE, Calif. (May 21, 2013) Two Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Tritonunmanned aerial vehicles are seen on the tarmac at a Northrop Grummantest facility in Palmdale, Calif. Triton is undergoing flight testing asan unmanned maritime surveillance vehicle. ...
Army Defends Battlefield Intel System [Published DoD Buzz - May 17 2013] Posted in Afghanistan, Intelligence, Land, PolicyThe U.S. Army defended its battlefield intelligence system as a life-saving tool that soldiers need to share and analyze data with the defense community.The service this week invited lawmakers, national-security ...
Germany “Pulling Plug” on Drone Program to Avoi... [Published Hit & Run - May 16 2013] <p><img alt="ixnay'd" height="182" src="http://cloudfront-media.reason.com/mc/ekrayewski/2013_05/eurohawk300_julian_herzog_wikimedia.jpg?h=182&w=300" title="ixnay'd\|\|\|Julian Herzog/Wikimedia" width="300" style="float: right;"/>Germany’s defense ministry ...
Germany cancels $1.3 billion purchase of unmann... [Published Naval Open Source INTelligence - May 15 2013] An official says Germany has canceled plans to purchase and modify U.S.-made Global Hawk surveillance drones for 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion).The drones made by Northrop Grumman were to be equipped with special signal interception devices and re-named ...

Audio/Video

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Buy & Spy: Pentagon to sell $1.2bn in surveilla... [Published Russia Today - YouTube - Dec 25 2012]

Press Releases

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Rolls-Royce AE 3007 Powers First Flight of US N... [Published Business Wire - May 22 2013]
Northrop Grumman Receives Contract Modification... [Published GlobeNewswire: Acquisitions News - Apr 09 2013]
Northrop Grumman Receives Contract Modification... [Published Auto & Transportation - Apr 09 2013]
Northrop Grumman's Common Imagery Processor Suc... [Published GlobeNewswire: Acquisitions News - Mar 14 2013]
Northrop Grumman Successfully Demonstrates Join... [Published GlobeNewswire: Advertising News - Mar 06 2013]