A member of Grand Forks Base Retention Impact Committee (BRIC) has revealed that Northrop Grumman has received a request for proposal to modify four Block 20 Global Hawk unmanned air vehicles (UAV) to support hypersonic testing over the Pacific Ocean.
Last year, the U.S. Air Force reported that MQ-9 and RQ-4 unmanned air vehicles will be fitted with telemetry sensors and airborne telescope to observe vehicle surface conditions of hypersonic vehicles during test flights.
Grand Forks Herald reported that four decommissioned Global Hawks will fly from Grand Forks Air Force Base to Northrop Grumman’s Grand Sky location for the conversion.
The aerospace company issued a brief statement confirming that it did receive the request for proposal.
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