The newest version of the Northrop Grumman Global Hawk will be unveiled at a rollout next week in California. The Block 40 RQ-4 version of the UAV has improved sensors and radar for tracking ground targets. The roll-out of AF-18, the 27th Global Hawk built, is June 25 at the Antelope Valley Manufacturing Center in Palmdale. The Northrop Grumman Unmanned Systems Center in Moss Point, Miss., did fuselage work on the AF-18. (Source: Tcp, 06/16/09)
