June 7, 201114 yr From Defense Aerospace [excerpt] Pentagon Says Northrop’s Global Hawk Drone Isn’t ‘Operationally Effective’ (excerpt)(Source: Bloomberg news; published June 07, 2011) A new version of Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Global Hawk drone is “not operationally effective for conducting near-continuous, persistent” intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions that it was designed to conduct, according to the Pentagon’s top weapons tester. CV32: Rumors and reports that Global Hawk, well, sucked, have been floating for around some time now. Unfortunate, really.
June 8, 201114 yr As the report says, there is "sucks" and "sucks"... I'm not sure there are many who would chuck it out the door so much as they just want it to do more.
June 8, 201114 yr Author As the report says, there is "sucks" and "sucks"... I'm not sure there are many who would chuck it out the door so much as they just want it to do more. Oh, I agree, though capability must always be measured against cost. A very expensive system that doesn't produce what it is supposed to, will always make for a good budgetary 'target'. Meanwhile ... From Reuters [excerpt] Northrop says working to boost reliability of Global HawkATLANTA | Tue Jun 7, 2011 7:17pm EDT (Reuters) - Defense contractor Northrop Grumman has made improvements to its high-flying Global Hawk reconnaissance drone since a Pentagon weapons test found shortfalls with the unmanned aircraft, a company executive said on Tuesday.
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