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Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Pentagon testers slam aerial spy drone as unfit for operations

RQ-4A Global HawkThe Air Force’s Global Hawk aerial drone is not suitable for operations, according to a scathing Pentagon report obtained by The Hill.

The report by the Pentagon’s top weapons tester found that the latest version of the spy plane, known as the “Block 30,” was “not operationally effective” in conducting the kinds of “near-continuous” intelligence-gathering missions envisioned in initial service plans for the unmanned aircraft.

The May 2011 report is a blow for the aerial drone manufactured by Northrop Grumman, but analysts expect the program will survive.

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