South Korea to Buy Four Global Hawks for $1.2 Billion
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The U.S. Defense Department proposed selling South Korea four Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft made by Northrop Grumman Corp. in an order valued at $1.2 billion.
The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency said recently that it notified Congress of the proposed sale, which includes infra-red and electro-optical sensors, imagery analysis systems and moving target indicators on board the Global Hawk Block-30 unmanned aircraft.
The proposed sale would be the first order in the Asia- Pacific region for the high-altitude unmanned surveillance aircraft that have been used by the U.S. Air Force in Afghanistan and Iraq. Australia, which has expressed an interest in buying the aircraft since 2008, has yet to place an order.
Wes Bush, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Northrop Grumman, has been advocating easing U.S. export restrictions to enable foreign sales of the drones. Earlier this year, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed to buy five Global Hawks.
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