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| Global Hawk UAS. Photo: Northrop Grumman |
[Avionics Today 08-22-2016] The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon a subcontract valued up to $104 million to modernize the ground segment for the Air Force’s RQ-4 Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).
Raytheon partners with Northrop Grumman as the ground integrator for Global Hawk contracts. Northrop Grumman builds the Global Hawk, the U.S. Air Force’s high-altitude, long-endurance platform used to gather a variety of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) data. Raytheon provides modernized ground controls to enhance capabilities, safety and cybersecurity of Global Hawk operations worldwide.