Northrop Grumman Receives $17.7 Million Global Hawk Upgrade Contract
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Northrop Grumman Receives $17.7 Million Global Hawk Upgrade Contract

The Air Force modified an existing deal for engineering work on the RQ-4B Global Hawk's digital receiver module, lifting the contract's cumulative value to $618.2 million.

Richard Miniter
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First Published: July 30, 2026, 1:19 PM ET

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA — Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, the San Diego unit of the Pentagon’s fifth-largest contractor, received a $17.7 million Air Force modification to upgrade a core sensor on the RQ-4B Global Hawk drone, as announced on war.gov.