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New Scanned-Array Radar Delivered To Latest Global Hawks

December 03 2010

USA

Northrop Grumman says it has delivered the first production Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensor to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., for integration with the newest Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

The MP-RTIP is able to detect multiple stopped, slow and fast-moving objects on the ground in all weather conditions during the day and at night, company officials said.

The sensor is being fitted to the latest Block 40 Global Hawks. The...

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