The Air Force will try again this year for congressional approval to divest a portion of its RQ-4 Global Hawk fleet, service leaders told lawmakers today. In written testimony to the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, the Air Force indicated its fiscal year 2022 budget request will propose retiring Block 30 Global Hawks in order to invest in other areas of the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance enterprise, including sensing grids, advanced technology and penetrating ISR platforms. The service made a similar...
