Spy plane contract is awarded to Northrop
From Bloomberg News
Northrop Grumman Corp. won an order valued at $287 million for unmanned Global Hawk spy planes.
The contract is for five aircraft, a control system, a launcher, four sets of sensors and related support equipment, Century City-based Northrop said in a statement.
The Global Hawk’s fuselage is manufactured in Moss Point, Miss., then shipped to Palmdale, where the wings are added and assembly is completed.
Global Hawks flew more than 3,300 hours in the Middle East last year, taking more than 50,000 pictures to support U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
