Air Force looks to Northrop Grumman for Global Hawk UAV maintenance through late 2014

摘要

Contractor logistics support-or the lifetime maintenance of weapons systems by defense contractors instead of military maintenance personnel-has become big business in recent years, and Northrop Grumman Corp. is cashing-in with a U.S. Air Force contract worth nearly half a billion dollars to maintain the RQ-4 Global Hawk long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems sector in San Diego won a $434 million contract to perform contractor logistics support for the Global Hawk. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Robins Air Force Base, Ga.