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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Germany cancels $1.3 billion purchase of unmanned Euro Hawk surveillance drones

Euro Hawk® |An official says Germany has canceled plans to purchase and modify U.S.-made Global Hawk surveillance drones for 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion).

The drones made by Northrop Grumman were to be equipped with special signal interception devices and re-named Euro Hawk.

One experimental drone already purchased will continue to be used for testing purposes.

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