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Northrop Grumman Clinches NATO Deal for Global Hawks
NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow (left) and Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush (right) watch as Pat McMahon of Northrop Grumman and Otfried Wohlleben of Nagsma sign NATO AGS contract May 20 in Chicago. (Photo: Northrop Grumman)
NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow (left) and Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush (right) watch as Pat McMahon of Northrop Grumman and Otfried Wohlleben of Nagsma sign NATO AGS contract May 20 in Chicago. (Photo: Northrop Grumman)

Northrop Grumman gained a $1.7 billion (€1.2 billion) contract to supply five Block 40 Global Hawk UAVs with advanced multi-platform radar technology insertion program (MP-RTIP) radars for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) program. The deal had been in negotiation for many years and was finally signed during this week’s NATO Summit in Chicago.