The Air Force has put Northrop Grumman on contract for one final order of remotely piloted RQ-4B aircraft, bringing the service a step closer to satisfying its total requirement and ending Global Hawk production. The Air Force awarded Northrop $241 million to build three Block 30 aircraft and their associated sensor suites, plus two additional Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP) sensor packages for retrofit onto existing Block 30 aircraft, according to an Aug. 15 Defense Department contract announcement. The order...
