Global Hawk To Demonstrate Autonomous Air Refueling

Northrop Grumman hopes to demonstrate a week-long flight by a Global Hawk unmanned aircraft using autonomous aerial refueling at high altitude from another Global Hawk acting as a tanker. The week-long flight is an option under Northrop’s 24-month, $33 million contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced...

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