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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Flight plan issues thwart Euro Hawk's move to Germany

EurohawkNorthrop Grumman has delayed plans to fly a test version of Germany's Euro Hawk unmanned air vehicle to EADS's Manching site, near Munich, early this week, attributing its decision to issues over agreeing a flight plan with the US Federal Aviation Administration.

Developed from the US Air Force's RQ-4 Global Hawk by Northrop and EADS company Cassidian for the electronic intelligence role, the Euro Hawk was due to touch down at Manching on the morning of 19 July, following a transatlantic ferry flight.

Northrop said it has been forced to delay the Euro Hawk's planned departure from Edwards AFB in California "due to mission plan routing issues with the FAA".

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