Search This Blog

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Northrop and EADS in rescue call for Euro Hawk

Euro Hawk ®The companies behind the Euro Hawk reconnaissance drones said that they hoped the German government would reconsider its decision to scrap its order for the aircraft over costs.

The German armed forces have one prototype Euro Hawk, which are built by Northrop Grumman and EADS, and are considering buying four more.

But the government in Berlin said this month that it would not go ahead with the deal because winning airworthiness certification for the drone would cost more than €500m.

Read more
om

1 comment:

  1. frizztext5/6/13 10:32

    I've written on the same topic and have set a link to you:

    http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2013/06/05/now-listen/

    ReplyDelete

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site.