Northrop Grumman Repurposes Drone For Hypersonic Monitoring

Northrop Grumman is repurposing two RQ-4 Global Hawk drones into specialized aircraft known as Range Hawks to monitor hypersonic system tests. These modified drones will undergo integration testing by summer's end and be delivered to the Defense Department's Test Resource Management Center by early 2025. This initiative aims to facilitate more efficient data collection for hypersonic tests compared to traditional methods, utilizing adapted drones as flexible test data collectors....