Air Force Delays Plans to Upgrade Global Hawk

The Air Force will delay some enhancements to the Northrop Grumman Corp. Global Hawk unmanned spy plane to curb cost overruns, a company representative said.

Steve Hogan, director of Navy and Marine Corps programs for Century City-based Northrop, said Air Force officials had mapped out a revised plan at a meeting with the Pentagon’s top acquisition officials Monday. Without providing details, he said the Air Force would postpone some increased capabilities it was seeking until later in the production cycle.