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The article reports that the U.S. Air Force's Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will start receiving an upgraded sensor suite later this year as part of the service's spiral-development plan for the high-altitude, long-endurance UAV. The current Global Hawk Integrated Sensor Suite, produced by Raytheon Co., consists of electro-optical/infrared sensors and a synthetic-aperture radar/ moving-target indicator, linked through a sensor electronic unit and integrated processor. The Air Force eventually plans to purchase 50 Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suites, but only for the Northrop Grumman Corp.'s RO-4A4B Global Hawk--a larger variant, now in production.

Reports that the United States Navy has ordered the first five Northrop Grumman SPQ-9B lightweight antenna model radars for the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and four other LPD-17 San Antonio-class ships. Features and capabilities of the radars.