The U.S. Air Force 452nd Flight Test Squadron marked the completion of its RQ-4 Global Hawk flight test program Friday with a sunsetting event at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Guest speakers ...

Designed as a replacement for the manned U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane, the RQ-4 drone has vastly expanded the US Air Force’s surveillance capabilities. The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a vital ...

While at RAF Fairford, the RQ-4 will conduct operations through international and Allied airspace, implementing the U.S. Air Force’s Agile Combat Employment concept. A U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk ...

“[The] RQ-4B Global Hawk was introduced in order to conduct information gathering in areas relatively remote from Japan, as well as persistent airborne monitoring during situations with heightened ...

Beale Air Force Base officials recently announced that a “critical” remotely-piloted surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft will no longer be flown or used at the base. According to the Air Force, ...

GE-Aviation announced on August 14 that it is under contract to supply flight control actuation, electrical power generation & control, emergency power and other aircraft systems for use on the RQ-4 ...

The Sevom Khordad air defense system not only shot down the expensive American RQ-4 Global Hawk drone in 2019 but also ...

A return to long-range, surface-to-surface missiles has driven some unexpected possibilities, such as a new, U.S. Army version of the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk. Northrop’s engineers are ...

An RQ-4 Global Hawk receives routine maintenance after being refueled at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. Most of the Air Force’s RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude ISR drones, best known for ...

As if the active wildfires across the U.S. weren’t bad enough, a different kind of fire broke out on August 6, as a result of a military aircraft crash. Thankfully, unlike the recent sightseeing plane ...