{"id":716,"date":"2015-02-03T23:06:49","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T21:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=716"},"modified":"2015-02-04T23:25:33","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T21:25:33","slug":"northrop-starts-production-of-south-korean-global-hawks-to-deliver-by-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=716","title":{"rendered":"Northrop Starts Production Of South Korean Global Hawks, To Deliver By 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"news_story\">\n<div id=\"news_content_0\" class=\"span_news_content\">\n<p><strong>Northrop Grumman announced Monday that it will begin production of four RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for the Republic of Korea&#8217;s Air Force.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_760\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/South-Korean-Air-Force-RQ-4B-Global-Hawk-Block-40-UAV_030215.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-760\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-760\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/South-Korean-Air-Force-RQ-4B-Global-Hawk-Block-40-UAV_030215-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"RQ-4B Global Haw\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/South-Korean-Air-Force-RQ-4B-Global-Hawk-Block-40-UAV_030215-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/South-Korean-Air-Force-RQ-4B-Global-Hawk-Block-40-UAV_030215.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Air Force RQ-4B Global Hawk Block 40 UAV<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The systems will provide valuable wide-area intelligence gathering capabilities to military commanders so they can make more informed decisions.<\/p>\n<p>As per the contract, the company will work closely with the U.S. Air Force to deliver the systems starting in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The system will be a vital link in the Republic of Korea&#8217;s increasing leadership role in defending the peninsula,&#8221; said Mary Petryszyn, vice president, International, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems.<\/p>\n<p>The contract is for four aircraft, two ground stations and supporting equipment that allows Republic of Korea Air Force operators to control and maintain the system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a significant achievement for Northrop Grumman because it represents the first time a Global Hawk has been sold to an allied nation in the Asia-Pacific region,&#8221; said Mary Petryszyn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Source: www.defenseworld.net ~ 3 February 2015<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northrop Grumman announced Monday that it will begin production of four RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for the Republic of Korea&#8217;s Air Force. The systems will provide valuable wide-area intelligence gathering capabilities&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,36,19,173,7,32],"tags":[578,579,577,576,156,580,84,205],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=716"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":761,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions\/761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}