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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Northrop and USAF hit back at critics of Global Hawk costs
Northrop Grumman and the US Air Force have released previously classified unit price information on the RQ-4 Global Hawk after recent criticism from the Congress and General Accountability Office.

The cost of an RQ-4 airframe has increased from $20.3 million for the original seven Block 10 A-model demonstrators, to only $27.6 million each for the rest of the 51 planned aircraft.

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