GlobalHawk

From 9/11 Encyclopedia:

Global Hawk is complemented by the DarkStar system, a Uav with low-observable characteristics. DarkStar is for use in high- threat environments where ensured, survivable coverage is more important than range and endurance. The complementary nature of the two systems provides a flexible, cost-effective mix for military commanders. 

The Global Hawk program is funded by the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office (DARO) and managed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA ->) and the US Air Force. Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical is the prime contractor for the Global Hawk. Raytheon E-Systems (->) is developing the advanced sensor payload. The ground mission control segment is being developed by Hughes Aircraft, and the communications system is being developed by Lockheed Martin Communications Systems (->). Ryan Aeronautical Centre is another contractor. The principal suppliers for Global Hawk include Raytheon Systems (sensors), Allison (turbofan engine), Boeing North American (carbon fibre wing) and L3 Communications (communications system).

"..Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance, unmanned aerial reconnaissance system designed to provide military field commanders with high resolution, near-real-time imagery of large geographic areas..." Source: http://131.84.1.60/news/Feb1997/b022097_bt082-97.html

(Feb. 20, 1997, DoD) "..Vought was selected by Northrop Grumman in July 2001 to manufacture the wing for Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP). The contract is for two wings with an option for the next four aircraft on the schedule.." Source: http://www.vought.com/prodprog/military_nasa/globalhawk.htm

The Air Force and the CIA collect additional intelligence from unmanned Predator and Global Hawk drones. They have low-profile reconnaissance assets that look like transport planes and operate under such code names as ARL-Low, Keen Sage, Scathe View and Senior Scout. Source: William

M. Arkin, a military affairs analyst

Oddities around Global Hawk regarding Sep11th attack: At least two passengers of the September 11th planes had indirect connections to "Global Hawk" and two more worked for Raytheon, one of the developers of Global Hawk

1) Herbert Homer was on United Airlines Flight 175, from Boston, Massachusetts, to Los Angeles, California. Herbert Homer, as described "..worked for Raytheon Co." was the DCE CACO under DCMC Commander - Col. Bryon Young of the RSC Corporate Management (Raytheon) Source: http://www.acq-ref.navy.mil/reflib/raytheon.pdf

Raytheon developed Global Hawk, which is a "..high altitude, long endurance unmanned aerial reconnaissance system.." and includes "..Raytheon Systems (sensors)" Source: http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/global

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2) Charles S. Falkenberg Falkenberg was on AA 77 American Airlines Flight 77, from Washington to Los Angeles, which crashed into the Pentagon with 64 people aboard Falkenberg was a "..director of research at ECOlogic Corp., a software engineering firm. He worked on data systems for NASA.." In 1997, Renu Chaudhry (Ecologic Corp) gave a workshop about EOS Data for the NASA. "..The first phase of DataBlade development will ingest HDF-EOS Grid data. Metadata will be in the file and Grid info in data objects in the database. The image will also be a binary object in the database..." http://ivanova.gsfc.nasa.gov/hdfeos/notes.html "...EOS-WEBSTER (a WEB based System for Terrestrial Ecosystem Research) is a digital library of Earth Science data serving the needs of both the Earth System Science community and the general public..." "EOS Webster" is a mapping system which provides Landsat Images, which are part of the mapping system for the Global Hawk technology (Global Hawk Integrated Sensor Suite Thematic Mapper Simulator (TMS) The Thematic Mapper Simulator (TMS),a Daedalus AADS-1268 scanner, an airborne Modis Simulator) Charles Falkenberg worked on this program. He is mentioned in the team of EOS Webster: "..The Federation GIS Services Cluster:.. We are very saddened to learn of the passing of Charles Falkenberg, an active member of this Cluster since its inception..."

3) Kenneth Waldie (AA11), 46, of Methuen, Massachusetts, was a Raytheon Co. senior quality control engineer for electronic systems in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. He had worked for Raytheon for 17 years. 4) Peter Gay (AA11), 54, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, was a Raytheon Co. vice president of operations for electronic systems based in Andover, Massachusetts. He had worked for Raytheon for more than 28 years.

Historical Highlights of Global Hawk:

Friday, 18 Jun 1999: Global Hawk - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle stays airborne for more than 27 hours.." http://www.af.mil/news/radio/Jun1999/ Global Hawk successfully completed a military utility assessment in June 2000, carried out at Eglin Air Force base, Florida. http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/global/ In June 2000, Global Hawks 116-foot wingspan was greater than a Boeing 737 airliner's, and its maximum weight tops 25,000 pounds. http://www.aerotechnews.com/starc/2000/060600/weekind.html 

In March 2001, the US Department of Defense awarded Northrop Grumman a contract for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the program, to last until March 2003 and in June 2001 a contract for two low rate initial production UAV's. January 2002: AeroVironment has partnered with the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and United Defense to develop a Gun Launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (GLUAV)that could be built in calibres ranging from 81mm to 155m for applications including reconnaissance, target acquisition and identification, and battle-damage assessment. Series of wargames entitled Global Engagement at the Air War College, MaxwellAirForceBase, Alabama including GH-technology. Source: Jane's

International Defense Review - 23 January 2002 In February 2002 Northrop Grumman continued to negotiate on merger talks with TRW (->) Global Hawk, their technology for unmanned vehicles is able to be remote controlled for 36 hours. http://www.vought.com/prodprog/military_nasa/globalhawk.htm

More on Global Hawk: Boeing 757 F-22 Testbed technology http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/f22/f22ftb.htm 50 confirmed Global Hawk Tests since May 2000 http://www.af.mil/news/May2000/n20000517_000757.html 

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFPN) -May 2000 "..The Air Force's Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle excelled during two missions flown last week in support of its first international joint military force exercise, Linked Seas '00. Winging its way toward Europe for the first time, Global Hawk Air Vehicle No. 4 took off from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., May 8, and flew non-stop to Portugal, carried out some radar imagery tasks, and then returned to Eglin some 28 hours later. "While over Portugal, Global Hawk took classified radar imagery of targets in Portugal and the Madeira Islands, disseminating these images via Royal Air Force station Molesworth, U.K., to SOUTHLANT, regional command for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Supreme Allied Command Atlantic,".said Lt. Col. Mike Trundy, deployment commander, Global Hawk Office, Reconnaissance Systems Program Office, Aeronautical Systems Center here, which is developing the new UAV for future Department of Defense applications. "The images were provided to regional commanders as intelligence data for amphibious (exercise) landings planned later in the week." This was the 50th successful mission for the Global Hawk Test and Demonstration Program with several "firsts," according to Trundy..."
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Vought, Boeing and Rolls Royce: Vought, one of Northrop Grunmens contractor is producing special empennage, aft body section and wing spoilers for the 757. http://www.vought.com/prodprog/commercial/boeing757.htm Release No. 00-01-05 January 27, 2000 Air Force F-22 Raptor and Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle announcement LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- The Air Force made two modernization program announcements today involving the F-22 Raptor and the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle. Langley Air Force Base, Va., is the preferred alternative for the location of the first operational F-22 wing. Source: http://company.monster.com/vought

/ Rolls Royce is building the engines for Global Hawk. What they confirmed : The Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4 engine, powers all Boeing 757-300s delivered or ordered to date are powered by Rolls-Royce and 80 per cent of all Boeing 757 operators have selected Rolls-Royce engines. The -535 powers Russia's Tupolev Tu204 aircraft. A significant military application for the AE 3007 is the Global Hawk high altitude uninhabited aerial surveillance vehicle (UAV).. Source: http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:zhRrvbfUjOAC:defence-data.com/f2000/fapage1.htm+&hl=en

http://ir.rolls-royce.com/rollsroyce/rr_rns/1371232?archive=yes 17 June 2001 ".. The introduction of 24 new aircraft types in this sector in the last five years has been made possible largely by modern engines such as the AE 3007, BR710 and Williams-Rolls FJ44. AWACS + FANS:

AWACS: Is AWACS the answer? by Joe Vialls (->) http://geocities.com/mknemesis/homerun.html

Is Global Hawk + GPS just a distraction, if FANS already can help out?

FANS (thx to one member of DU*): "...What you are after is FANS or the Future Air Navigation System which is fitted to both the 757 and 767 as standard. FANS is a system that is intergrated into the FMCS or Flight Managment Computer System (basically an incredibly advanced autopilot that can fly the aircraft from immediately after take off until and landing). FANS is a system that allows air traffic control to make adjustments to an aircraft's flight path (such as heading, altitude etc) without pilot input via remote radio data links. Forget Global Hawk! Talking about Global Hawk as being what was used to take over the aircraft is like saying "F-16 Falcon" was used to take over the aircraft. 

Global Hawk is the name of a specific remotely piloted semi-autonomus unmanned reconnaisance drone and nothing more. Just like Predator is the name of another drone aircraft. That name has nothing whatsoever to do with remote piloting technology except in that it refers to a type of remotely piloted aircraft! Here is a good start for you: The 757-200 flight deck, designed for two-crew member operation, pioneered the use of digital electronics and advanced displays. A fully integrated flight management computer system (FMCS) provides for automatic guidance and control of the 757-200 from immediately after takeoff to final approach and landing. The precision of global positioning satellite (GPS) system navigation, automated air traffic control functions, and advanced guidance and communications features are now available as part of the new Future Air Navigation System (FANS) flight management computer. http://www.boeing.com/commercial/757family/200back/back4.html (See PassengerList) (See Raytheon) Compare: Boeing: Products-AWACS home http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/infoelect/awacs/ E-3 Sentry (AWACS) - Military Aircraft http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/e-3.htm

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