Northrop Gets Global Hawk Work:

Dec. 30, 2005

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The Air Force awarded a $17 million contract to Northrop Grumman to continue radar development for the Global Hawk UAV program. The company will provide updates to the system requirements, delivery of logistics/technical manual source data, delivery of an Electronic Target Simulator/Radar Range Repeater Support Vehicle, and management support for engineering—by October 2008.

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