RQ-4 Global Hawk / Eurohawk / IFC-4 / MQ-4C Triton (Northrop Grumman, USA)
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"A drónok rutinszerűen Japánba költöznek, hogy elkerüljék a tájfunokat Guamban és a közeli Északi-Mariana-szigeteken, ideértve a Saipanot, Tinint és Rottát."
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"NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance System (AGS) has achieved Initial Operating Capability (IOC). This important milestone was announced by the NATO Supreme Allied Commander, General Tod Wolters, on 15 February 2021.
In November 2020, the fifth and final Northrop Grumman RQ-4D PHOENIX UAV landed at the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Force (NAGSF) Main Operating Base (MOB) in Sigonella, Sicily. The base will be fully developed with all facilities by 2022 and Full Operational Capability (FOC) is to be achieved by 2025. By then, 550 personnel from the 15 NATO countries supporting the system will be working there.
The AGS capability will enable NATO to sustain surveillance over vast areas from aircraft operating at high altitudes and for long periods of time, over long distances and in all weather and light conditions. Using advanced radar sensors, these systems will continuously detect and track moving objects and provide radar images of areas of interest and stationary objects. All 30 NATO countries will have access to the information they generate.
NATO’s AGS capability is being procured by the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Management Agency on behalf of 15 Allies. When the assets are handed over, the NATO Support and Procurement Agency will assume responsibility for the life-cycle management of the AGS fleet.
The aircraft are remotely controlled from the AGS MOB in Sigonella and fly predominantly in NATO or international airspace. Since the first training and familiarisation flight in June 2020, numerous missions have taken place, successfully collecting air surveillance data that proves the platform’s performance for NATO."
The Pentagon has given Northrop Grumman Corporation a task order to begin engineering and planning work to reconfigure four EQ-4 Block 20 aircraft for the SkyRange program.
These four aircraft will be fitted with sensors to collect data in order to support the testing of U.S. hypersonic systems.
Conversion will take place at Northrop Grumman’s Grand Sky facility near Grand Forks, North Dakota.
These four aircraft will be fitted with sensors to collect data in order to support the testing of U.S. hypersonic systems.
Conversion will take place at Northrop Grumman’s Grand Sky facility near Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Japan had reconsidered canceling RQ-4 purchase due to Trump
Japanese officials overturned plans to cancel the purchase of three RQ-4 Block 30i unmanned air vehicles in 2020 out of consideration for then President Donald Trump, who was promoting U.S. weapons exports.
Kyodo news was told by a source who is familiar with the matter that Tokyo was worried that the cancelation would “anger Mr. Trump, who has insisted on exporting U.S.-made weapons.”
Japan’s first RQ-4B Global Hawk made its maiden flight on Apr. 15, 2021 from Palmdale, California.
The country was worried that the cost of maintaining the RQ-4 would rise as the U.S. Air Force plans to retire the model and spare parts will be hard to acquire due to a smaller fleet.
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Milyen szépen látszódik a flightradaron, ahogy az RQ-4-es "fókuszál" a megfigyelt területre. Folyamatos ívet repül oda-vissza, aminek a középpontja/gyújtópontja a megfigyelt terület. Flighradar, FORTE10 név alatt.
USAF pins RQ-4B loss on crew error, control logic ignorance
A US Air Force (USAF) accident investigation report into the 6 August 2021 loss of the $64 million aircraft suggests several mistakes by the aircraft’s remote operators.
A US Air Force (USAF) accident investigation report into the 6 August 2021 loss of the $64 million aircraft suggests several mistakes by the aircraft’s remote operators.
