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	Global Hawk
		Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by the US Defense Department and built by Northrop Grumman Ryan Aeronautical Center (NGRAC) for the US Air Force (USAF) to undertake reconnaissance missions.
		Global Hawk vehicle no. 5 was deployed to Australia from 24 April to 7 June 2001 to participate in a series of test flights and the biennial Australian-US exercise Tandem Thrust 2001.
		Global Hawk was seen as a technology watchdog for monitoring Australia's coastline and sea approaches to prevent people smuggling, drug trafficking and illegal fishing.
	www.nist.gov /public_affairs/Posters/globalhawk.htm (2115 words)

	surv-global hawk
		The deployment of the Northrop Grumman Global Hawk to Operation Enduring Freedom in mid-November last year, was an unexpected opportunity to demonstrate that this system could be accelerated to maturity in the heat of battle.
		On one Global Hawk mission, the ELINT sensor detected a patrol boat that was then successfully imaged and tracked from 170km by the radar’s inverse SAR (ISAR) mode.
		This allowed the deployment of a second and third Global Hawk to be planned, although there were not enough sensor payloads for all of the three air vehicles to be operated at the same time.
	www.global-defence.com /2002/test02/surv-globalhawk.html (1478 words)

	Australia 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Global Hawk is a single engine jet-powered aircraft with a wingspan of 116ft, equivalent in wing size to a Boeing 737 commercial airliner.
		The Global Hawk was monitored and controlled during the entire flight by mission controllers with the United States Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force and Defence Science and Technology Organisation on the ground at RAAF Base Edinburgh.
		Global Hawk (AV-05) was renamed "Southern Cross II" in honor of the first manned trans-Pacific flight by Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, Charles Ulm and their American crew members, James Warner and Harry Lyon in 1928.
	www.jmallard.com /australia.htm (534 words)

	Global Hawk Unmanned Air Vehicle
		Global Hawk is designed to provide military field commanders with high-resolution, near-real-time imagery of large geographic areas for long periods of time.
		Global Hawk enhances the U.S. military's ability to prevail in all types of operations, from sensitive peacekeeping missions to full-scale combat.
		Global hawk flies autonomously at an altitude of at least 60,000 feet, well above inclement weather and prevailing winds for more than 32 hours at an average of 320 knots.
	www.vought.com /newsFactGallery/factsheets/programs/globalhawk.htm (479 words)

	Factsheets : Global Hawk : Global Hawk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Global Hawk currently is undergoing flight testing at the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., with more than 1,700 hours and more than 120 successful sorties flown.
		Global Hawk, which has a wingspan of 116 feet (35.3 meters) and is 44 feet (13.4 meters) long, can range as far as 12,000 nautical miles, at altitudes up to 65,000 feet (19,812 meters), flying at speeds approaching 340 knots (about 400 mph) for as long as 35 hours.
		Global Hawk is one of two UAVs currently under development and acquisition by ASC.
	www.af.mil /factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=175 (867 words)

	Fourays - The Australian Army Aviation Association Inc
		Northrop Grumman's RQ-4A Global Hawk is designed for long-range, long-endurance operations and with its extensive sensor fit, is considered to be a strategic asset, while the shorter range UAVs typified by General Atomics' Predator series can be regarded as tactical vehicles.
		Global Hawk is designed with an extensive loiter capability, typically a 3000nm transit to station, with 24 hrs loiter at 60,000ft, then 3000nm return to base.
		Global Hawk provides broad area coverage and continuous spot coverage of areas of interest with high resolution sensors which allows tracking of critical mobile targets for periods of up to 24 hrs.
	www.fourays.org /features_2005/uav/globalhawk_1.htm (1342 words)

	RQ-4A Global Hawk (Tier II+ HAE UAV)
		The Global Hawk UAV is optimized for high altitude, long range and endurance; it is to be capable of providing 28 hours of endurance while carrying 3,000 pounds of payload and operating at 65,000 feet mean sea level.
		The Global Hawk UAV system comprises an air vehicle component with air vehicles, sensor payloads, avionics, and data links; a ground segment with a launch and recovery element (LRE); a mission control element (MCE) with embedded ground communications equipment; a support element; and trained personnel.
		The Global Hawk system is built by a team comprised of Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical in San Diego, E-Systems in Falls Church, Virginia, Hughes, Loral, and a number of other companies that are working on various subsystems within the aircraft.
	www.globalsecurity.org /intell/systems/global_hawk.htm (2546 words)

	Edwards Air Force Base - Edwards trains ACC pilots on Global Hawk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The developmental Global Hawk aircraft and ground systems are currently being controlled by testers from the Air Force Materiel Command's test and evaluation community.
		Global Hawk is currently in the Engineering, Manufacturing and Developmental, or EMD, phase of defense acquisition, which began in March 2001.
		Although the employment of the Global Hawk in theater may minimize the required sorties necessary to complete the test process, it currently forces nontraditional crewmembers, mostly from the T and E community, to deploy with the aircraft.
	www.edwards.af.mil /archive/2003/2003-archive-globalhawk_training.html (889 words)

	Edwards Air Force Base - Global Hawk development on track here (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Global Hawk is now in the Engineering, Manufacturing and Development, or EMD, phase of defense acquisition, which began last March.
		The deployment was unique in that Global Hawk was employed in theater by nontraditional crewmembers mostly from the test and evaluation community.
		According to Bob Ettinger, manager of Global Hawk flight test for lead contractor, Northrop Grumman, the key to successful testing of the system is the continued collaboration of military personnel, civil servants and government contractors.
	www.edwards.af.mil /archive/2002/2002-archive-globalhawk_ontrack.html (962 words)

	Global Hawk UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) - Military and Civilian Aircraft
		Global Hawk UAV currently is undergoing flight testing at the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., with more than 1,700 hours and more than 120 successful sorties flown.
		Global Hawk UAV began as an Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration in 1995 to give warfighters a rapidly-developed prototype that could be used for Military Utility Assessment and early operational activities.
		Global Hawk UAV, which has a wingspan of 116 feet (35.3 meters) and is 44 feet (13.4 meters) long, can range as far as 12,000 nautical miles, at altitudes up to 65,000 feet (19,812 meters), flying at speeds approaching 340 knots (about 400 mph) for as long as 35 hours.
	www.militaryfactory.com /aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=40 (769 words)

	Global Hawk - Precursor of RoboLander Technology
		Global Hawk has been under development since 1995, when a team led by Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical of San Diego was chosen by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a high-altitude, long-endurance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance UAV.
		Global Hawk is based on an approach to reliability, built on decades of high-performance UAV production by Ryan in San Diego, which balances the need for redundancy with affordability.
		Global Hawk's visible spectrum sensor captured this image of a naval air facility during one of its flight missions.
	www.iasa.com.au /folders/RoboLander_files/GlobalHawk.html (1761 words)

	Global Hawk, the Department of Defense's newest unmanned air vehicle.
		Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial reconnaissance system that will provide military field commanders with high-resolution, near-real-time imagery of large geographic areas.
		The Global Hawk is optimized for low-to-moderate threat, long endurance reconnaissance missions where range, endurance and persistent coverage are paramount.
		The Global Hawk system will be able to survey, in one day, an area equivalent to the state of Illinois (40,000 square nautical miles), while providing imagery with a three-foot resolution.
	www.defenselink.mil /photos/Feb1997/970220-D-0000G-001.html (248 words)

	Northrop Grumman - RQ-4 Global Hawk High Altitude, Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Reconnaissance System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Global Hawk is part of the 9 th Reconnaissance Wing based at its main operating base, Beale Air Force Base, Calif. In addition, the systems flight-test program is conducted at the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
		Global Hawk began as an Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration in 1995, to give war-fighters a rapidly developed prototype that can be used for Military Utility Assessment (MUA) and early operational activities.
		Germany is considering a derivative of the Global Hawk, dubbed Euro Hawk, for its high altitude endurance UAV requirement.
	www.northropgrumman.com /paris2005/paris2005_programs/global_hawk.html (1294 words)

	Air Force Times - Global Hawk to arrive in Guam next April
		The deployment is in preparation for a permanent contingent of seven Global Hawks that will begin moving to Andersen in 2009 or 2010.
		Boera also said the Air Force is in discussion with regional allies such as Singapore to create a cooperative Global Hawk arrangement, with Andersen serving as a “coalition bed-down” for the aircraft.
		He said the first three Global Hawks will arrive in Guam in 2009 and 2010, with the full complement in place by 2013 or 2014.
	www.airforcetimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-2151983.php (431 words)

	Global Hawk RQ-4A-B
		Global Hawk High Altitude Long Endurance reconnaissance system consists of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), ground segment and communications system providing the US Air Force and joint battlefield commanders with near-real-time, high-resolution, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance imagery.
		The Global Hawk's Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP) is expected to increase the signals-collection capabilities of the U.S. armed forces.
		August 2006: Global Hawk UAV achieved 10,000 flight hours in June 2006, of which 63% were flown in combat missions.
	www.defense-update.com /products/g/globalhawk.htm (757 words)

	Air Force Technology - RQ-4A/B Global Hawk High Altitude, Long Endurance Unmanned Reconnaissance Aircraft
		RQ-4A Global Hawk is a high altitude, long endurance unmanned aerial reconnaissance system which provides military field commanders with high resolution, near-real-time imagery of large geographic areas.
		The Global Hawk air vehicles are built at the Northrop Grumman (formerly Teledyne Ryan) Aeronautical facility in San Diego.
		Global Hawk is equipped with an AE 3007H turbofan engine supplied by Rolls-Royce North America.
	www.airforce-technology.com /projects/global (1718 words)

	Global Hawk (Tier II+ HAE UAV)
		Global Hawk Testing Resumes June 3, 1999 Global Hawk resumed flight testing on Tuesday, May 18, 1999 with a highly successful flight of air vehicle number one.
		Global Hawk Completes First Flight March 2, 1998 -- Global Hawk, the Department of Defense's newest reconnaissance aircraft, flew for the first time at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on Saturday, February 28th.
		Global Hawk program enters initial acquisition, Air Force Print News, 22 March 2001 -- The Air Force's Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle entered the first phase of formal defense system acquisition, known as the engineering, manufacturing and development phase, on March 6, according to program officials at the Aeronautical Systems Center here.
	www.fas.org /irp/program/collect/global_hawk.htm (1101 words)

	Raytheon Company: Products & Services: Global Hawk
		Global Hawk is a high altitude, long endurance, (HALE) unmanned aerial reconnaissance system designed to provide military field commanders with high resolution, near-real-time imagery of large geographic areas.
		The superior performance of the Global Hawk’s system significantly enhances the U.S. military’s ability to prevail in all types of operations: from sensitive peacekeeping missions to full scale combat.
		In the last year, the Global Hawk provided Air Force and joint warfighting commanders more than 15,000 of these images to support Operation Enduring Freedom, flying more than 50 missions and 1,000 combat hours to date.
	www.raytheon.com /products/globalhawk (265 words)

	Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman Unveils Next Generation Global Hawk
		The advanced capability RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial system was unveiled in a ceremony at Northrop Grumman's Antelope Valley Manufacturing Center in Palmdale, Calif. The larger Block 20 aircraft will carry up to 3,000 pounds of internal payload and will operate with two-and-a-half times more power than its predecessor.
		Although Global Hawk is still in concurrent engineering and manufacturing development and low-rate initial production, the system has been deployed to the operational theater three times since 2001 and has logged more than 6,500 flight hours during combat missions.
		Global Hawk has successfully participated in two naval exercises to date, Trident Warrior in November 2005 and the international Rim of the Pacific exercise in July in the Pacific Ocean around Hawaii.
	www.irconnect.com /noc/press/pages/news_releases.html?d=104333 (843 words)

	Northrop Grumman Global Hawk Team Efforts Recognized by U.S. Air Force
		During the inspection, the team took apart much of the Global Hawk to make sure none of the structure or components were damaged or worn.
		It was built to prove the viability of the concept of a high-altitude, long-endurance autonomous unmanned air vehicle, not to sustain the rigorous flight schedule of an operational deployment.
		Global Hawk flies autonomously at an altitude of 65,000 feet, above inclement weather and prevailing winds, for more than 35 hours.
	www.irconnect.com /noc/press/pages/news_releases.mhtml?d=80268 (547 words)

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		At the roll-out ceremony of the Global Hawk on 20 February, 1997 Dr Paul G Kaminski, then the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology declared.
		Global Hawk has an unprecedented range of capabilities including long endurance, world wide connectivity, near-real-time imagery collection and all-weather sensors.
		Global Hawk specifications include an all-carbon fibre composite wing with a wingspan of 116.2 feet, a height of 15.2 feet and a gross take-off weight of 25,600lbs.
	www.global-defence.com /1998/SurveillanceCounter/globalhawk.htm (827 words)

	GlobalHawk - 9/11Encyclopedia
		Global Hawk is complemented by the DarkStar system, a Uav with low-observable characteristics.
		Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical is the prime contractor for the Global Hawk.
		Global Hawk is the name of a specific remotely piloted semi-autonomus unmanned reconnaisance drone and nothing more.
	911review.org /Sept11Wiki/GlobalHawk.shtml (1431 words)

	Soaring Costs Not Likely to Slow Down Global Hawk
		At the same time that the Pentagon was enthusiastically endorsing Global Hawk in its quadrennial defense review in February, congressional investigators were questioning why the aircraft was 35 percent over budget and were recommending that the Defense Department slow down the program.
		The Pentagon, meanwhile, announced in April that Global Hawk is one of 25 military systems whose unit cost increased by more than 50 percent from their original estimate.
		But in the case of the Global Hawk B, the Pentagon is risking far more than it should, because the new sensor package it wants is years away from being a mature technology.
	www.nationaldefensemagazine.org /issues/2006/May/SoaringCosts.htm (1464 words)

	Global Hawk enables advanced operations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A Global Hawk maintenance team tows an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft at a theater in Southwest Asia.
		In 2003, a test-model Global Hawk was sent to the theater with officials expecting it to fly for only five hundred hours.
		The Global Hawk team is only one aspect of the overall effort to ensure complete battlespace awareness.
	www.acc.af.mil /news/story.asp?id=123020349 (471 words)

	Air-Attack.com - RQ-4 Global Hawk
		Although the global hawk is build by Northrop Grumman at Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical center in San Diego, Raytheon developed the reconnaissance sensor suite for this high altitude endurance UAV.
		SAR imagery, which is processed on board the Global Hawk UAV, and EO/IR imagery are transmitted via data link in near real time, over satellite or line-of-light communication paths, to the MCE of the ground segment.
		The MCE is the Global Hawk's ground control station for reconnaissance operations.
	www.air-attack.com /page/54 (1256 words)

	NDM Article - Global Hawk Crashes: Who’s to Blame?
		The Air Force said that a March 1999 mishap occurred when a Global Hawk controlled by operators at Edwards Air Force flew so high that it lost the Edwards signal and inadvertently responded to a termination signal emanating from Nellis Air Force Base.
		In a December 1999 incident, a Global Hawk was badly damaged when it overran the runway during a taxiing test.
		Beard counters that although operators did not know why the Global Hawk was losing altitude—because the aircraft’s telemetry did not indicate a reason—they should have stopped running the engine at 100 percent power.
	www.nationaldefensemagazine.org /issues/2003/May/Global_Hawk.htm (545 words)

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