Global Hawks Complete Formation Flights For Aerial Refueling Effort

LAS VEGAS — Northrop Grumman has completed close-formation flight tests with two RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft as it moves closer to an autonomous high-altitude aerial refueling demonstration for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) under the KQ-X program. Two NASA-owned...

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