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Air Force Criticizes Northrop Grumman On Global Hawk Effort

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Thursday, April 30th, 2009

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By Marina Malenic Air Force leaders have raised concerns about Northrop Grumman's [NOC] performance on the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft program, faulting the company for testing schedule slips and problems with the system's sensors, according to sources and documents. Northrop Grumman was notified on April 7 of Air Force concerns with the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial system (UAS) development program in a letter signed by Sue Payton just prior to her resignation as assistant secretary of the…

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