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Cassidian and Northrop Grumman Euro Hawk for German armed forces
Euro Hawk, the premier signals intelligence (SIGINT) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for the German armed forces, was presented to government officials and media during a rollout ceremony held in Manching, Germany.
The UAS arrived on July 12, 2011, following a nonstop ferry flight from the Edwards Air Force Base in California to Manching. After its landing, it was successfully fitted with the integrated signal intelligence system (ISIS) developed by Cassidian and will undergo flight testing in 2012. Euro Hawk is the first international configuration of the RQ-4 Global Hawk high altitude long endurance (HALE) UAS.
Delivery of the first Euro Hawk system to the German Air Force and Strategic Intelligence Command (KSA) is scheduled for 2012, with delivery of the following four systems foreseen between 2015 and 2016.
The German Ministry of Defence (MoD) awarded a contract in January 2007 to EuroHawk GmbH for the development, test and support of the Full-Scale Demonstrator Euro Hawk system. Under this contract, EuroHawk GmbH will provide the SIGINT air vehicles, the complete aircraft and ISIS Mission Ground Segments as well as the aircraft modifications requested for the German needs, flight test and logistics support.
With a wingspan larger than a commercial airliner, endurance of 30 hours and a maximum altitude of more than 60,000 feet, Euro Hawk is an interoperable, modular and cost-effective replacement to the aging fleet of manned Breguet Atlantic aircraft which was in service since 1972 and officially retired in 2010. Euro-Hawk GmbH, a 50-50 joint venture of Northrop Grumman and Cassidian, is responsible for the development and manufacturing of Euro Hawk systems and acts as the national prime contractor for the German MoD through the system’s entire life cycle.
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