Northrop Grumman Global Hawk Drone Costs Surge to $222 Million Per Aircraft
Northrop Grumman’s RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance drone program experienced massive cost escalation, with per-unit costs exploding from an initial $60.9 million in 2001 to $222.7 million per aircraft (including development costs) by 2013—a nearly four-fold increase that forced the Air Force to …
Northrop Grumman
U.S. Air Force
Department of Defense
Government Accountability Office
Military-Industrial Complex
Defense Contractors
Cost Overruns
Surveillance State
Drone Warfare
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