Paris 2011: Northrop Grumman Block 40 Global Hawk and Variants Progress towards Various Milestones
Northrop Grumman officials during a Paris Air Show briefing reported that the first Block 40 http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/artic
Northrop Grumman officials during a Paris Air Show briefing reported that the first Block 40 Global Hawk high-altitude UAV for the U.S. Air Force is scheduled to make its first flight this week equipped with the Northrop Grumman/Raytheon radar technology insertion program (RTIP) sensor.
Ed Walby, Northrop Grumman business development director, sang the praises of the state-of-the-art sensor. “The RTIP is the only radar that can do concurrent MTI and SAR. The MTI scan is faster than JSTARS and covers a 30-percent larger area,” he said. The USAF is scheduled to receive 12 RTIP-equipped Block 40s to be based at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota.
