Air Force Cans Current Global Hawk; Funds Next-Gen Version -- Aol Defense
Pentagon and service leaders are rumored to be considering reducing or canceling the current version of the venerable intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance drone. The Block 30 Global Hawk variant will be replaced with the Cold War-era U-2 spy planes. The decision to cut or cancel purchases of the last 10 Block 30s will be part of the Air Force's upcoming fiscal 2013 budget proposal, according to Loren Thompson, a consultant and defense analyst. But with the fate of the Block 30 variant sealed, the Air Force will reportedly move ahead with a newer variant of the aerial drone.
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More News On The Cancellation Of The Global Hawk Program
Exclusive: U.S. Air Force terminating Northrop unmanned plane -- Reuters
Pentagon to cut Air Force’s pricey Global Hawk drone program; Navy’s will continue -- Washington Post/AP
What Pacific Strategy? Pentagon Plans To Mothball Longest-Range Surveillance Drones -- Defpro
Air Force plans to ground Global Hawk plane, stop production, report says -- Springfield News
Adios Global Hawk, U-2 Will Stick Around (updated) -- Defense Tech
Pentagon to cut Air Force drone program -- CBS/AP
Report: Global Hawk to be idled; Updated U-2 spy plane will replace the UAV managed at WPAFB -- Avionics Intelligence
Pentagon May Mothball Air Force Global Hawk -- Aol Defense
Pentagon to Cut AF Global Hawk Program -- Military.com/AP
It Flies — And Dies! -- The Times
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