Upgraded Global Hawk achieves first flight, Northrop Grumman says

The first of Northrop Grumman's upgraded RQ-4A Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance vehicles made its first flight on July 1, the company said July 20. The newest Global Hawk, called AF-3, flew from Northrop's Palmdale, Calif., facility to Edwards Air Force Base. The four-hour flight was...

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