65,000 feet, 31-hour unmanned flights, 40,000 sq mi of imagery
Northrop Grumman built the $132 million UAVs for DARPA and the Air Force
NASA and NOAA will use them for environment research in “Global Hawk Pacific 2009” program
About The Author
Frank Tobe
Frank Tobe is the founder of The Robot Report and co-founder of ROBO Global which has developed a tracking index for the robotics industry, the ROBO Global™ Robotics & Automation Index. The index of ~90 companies in 13 sub-sectors tracks and captures the entire economic value of this global opportunity in robotics, automation and enabling technologies.
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