Northrop's Military Drone Business Soaring -- Sign on San Diego
These are tense days in the defense industry. The Pentagon has been told to reduce its budget by $450 billion over the next decade, and Congress could make even deeper cuts to control federal spending.
But there are pockets of growth, including the market for unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs. Northrop Grumman’s Rancho Bernardo operation is a leader in the field, designing such aircraft as the Global Hawk, Fire Scout and the X-47B.
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