Global Hawk UAV gets sensory upgrade

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Block 40 Global Hawk completed its first full system flight with the MP-RTIP sensor at Edwards Air Force Base (Photo: Northrop Grumman)

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First flight for MP-RTIP equipped Global Hawk (Photo: Northrop Grumman)

Proteus has been used as a testbed for MP-RTIP

SAR image collected from experimental MP-RTIP sensor on Proteus aircraft (Image: USAF)

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Northrop Grumman's Block 40 Global Hawk has new eyes. The unmanned aircraft completed its first full system flight carrying the production version of the next-gen Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensor at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on July 21.

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