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Global Hawk UAV readies for new sensors

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Global Hawk, Northrop Grumman Corp.'s high-flying, high endurance unmanned aerial vehicle UAV) would be acquiring sharper eyes with the addition of new sensors delivered by subcontractor Raytheon Co. Northrop Grumman has finished 'acceptance testing' of the production units of the new integrated sensor suite, which is expected to add several amplifying technologies to the Global Hawk.

Global Hawk (Aircraft)

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Sirorsky claims safety edge in PRV bid

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Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation claims 'safety first' with its bid to build an adapted version of S92 helicopter called the HH92, as a Personnel Recovery Vehicle solution. An independent analysis pegged the S92's costs per flight hour at $900, versus $1,400 to $1,500 per flight hour for the aircraft of the likely Personnel recovery vehicle competitors.

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., S-92 (Helicopter)

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Northrop Grumman sees global hawk as 'computer'

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Northrop Grumman has described its Global Hawk (UAV), an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as a computer that flies due to the increasing ability of the aircraft to add and exchange peripherals and software, like computers do. The Pentagon has expressed keen appreciation for the utility of such modularity.

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