1st Euro Hawk UAV Unveiled In Calif.

Northrop Grumman and its European partner EADS Defence & Security have unveiled the first Euro Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle at Northrop's Palmdale, Calif., facility, reports the U.S. defense firm.

The Euro Hawk, the first international configuration of the RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance UAV, was developed for Germany.

The unmanned craft, based on the Block 20 Global Hawk, will be equipped with a new signals intelligence mission system developed by EADS DS. ...