Global Hawk Begins Flight Testing Multispectral Sensor
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Credit: The Global Hawk MS-177 trial follows the SYERS-2C demonstration in February 2016 and Optical Bar Camera flight in October (pictured): Northrop Grumman
The Northrop Grumman RQ-4B has begun one of the most important flight test campaigns in its 19-year history, validating compatibility with the UTC Aerospace Systems MS-177 long-range multispectral sensor. The Global Hawk took flight with the government-provided payload for the first time on Feb. 8...
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