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To: Carolyn who wrote (102)	9/24/2001 9:14:41 PM
From: HerbVic	Respond to of 225

More on UAVs: Date: February 22, 2001 Source: PRNewswire Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk System Wins 2000 Collier Trophy Dallas, TX. The U.S. Air Force's Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system, developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), has been named the winner of the Robert J. Collier Trophy. The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) yesterday announced the award, which honors Global Hawk as the top aeronautical achievement of 2000. (Photo) The NAA recognized the Global Hawk team, which includes prime contractor Northrop Grumman and team members Rolls-Royce, Raytheon Company, L-3 Communications, the U.S. Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, for developing, testing and operating the UAV. Global Hawk is the first fully autonomous, long-range, high-altitude, surveillance and reconnaissance UAV in the world. In addition, numerous other suppliers on the Global Hawk team contributed to this achievement including Aurora Flight Sciences, Litton Industries, Honeywell and Vista Controls. "It is a great honor to have the NAA select Global Hawk as the 2000 Collier Trophy winner. The entire Global Hawk team, led by our Unmanned Systems Integrated Product Team at the Ryan Aeronautical Center, contributed to the success that this trophy recognizes," said Ralph D. Crosby, Jr., Northrop Grumman corporate vice president and president, Integrated Systems Sector (ISS). "This advanced system has already demonstrated its military worth by providing critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities to the war-fighting community during more than a year of joint deployment exercises. Its value for land-sea operations and its potential to assist civilian agencies in counter-drug and contraband interdiction operations are equally impressive." The Collier Trophy, established in 1911, is awarded annually "for the greatest achievement in aeronautics and astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year." On permanent display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., the Collier Trophy is considered the highest aeronautical honor in America. The award will be presented to the Global Hawk team by the president of the NAA at a dinner on May 8 sponsored by the National Aviation Club in Washington, D.C. Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial reconnaissance system designed to provide high-resolution, near real-time imagery of large geographic areas. Flying at extremely high altitudes, the 44-foot long Global Hawk can survey large areas with pinpoint accuracy, to give military decision-makers the most current information about enemy resources and personnel. Its cloud-penetrating, synthetic aperture radar/ground moving target indicator, electro-optical and infrared sensors can image an area the size of Illinois (40,000 square miles) in just 24 hours. hiflight.com

To: Carolyn who wrote (102)	9/24/2001 9:21:45 PM
From: HerbVic	Respond to of 225

Pretty Pictures of Global Hawk UAV hiflight.com

To: Carolyn who wrote (102)	9/24/2001 9:41:56 PM
From: HerbVic	Respond to of 225

From Global Hawk Image Gallery - Sensor Images Captured in Australia dsto.defence.gov.au This is an excellent site to get a feel for what the Global Hawk can do. Check out the USS kitty Hawk's image. Note: This site may not stay up much longer. HerbVic recent press release: dsto.defence.gov.au Global Hawk set to break another record after a successful deployment The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Global Hawk is due to return to the United States today (Thursday 7 June) after a six week deployment in Australia and is set to break another world record. Dr. Brendan Nelson, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, said Global Hawk, renamed Southern Cross 11 for its Australian trip, is scheduled to depart from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Edinburgh near Adelaide at 3.45 pm (Adelaide time) for its flight to the United States. Dr. Nelson described Global Hawk's deployment to Australia as a major success for all the project participants. He congratulated all those involved for their professional efforts in ensuring that the deployment achieved such an outstanding result. He said the air vehicle made aviation history in April when it became the first unmanned aircraft to fly non-stop across the Pacific Ocean from Edwards Airforce Base in California to RAAF Base Edinburgh in a time of 23 hours 20 minutes. "Global Hawk will create aviation history again during its return journey to become the first unmanned aircraft to fly non-stop from Australia to the United States west coast, Dr. Nelson added. Global Hawk undertook 11 missions during its deployment to Australia. Australian Global Hawk Deployment Commander, Wing Commander Brett Newell, said this was the first time the United States had operated the Global Hawk system jointly with another country. Wing Commander Newell said RAAF and United States Air Force (USAF) crews operated the aircraft in a range of new scenarios including participation in the joint military exercise Tandem thrust and surveillance along Australia's coastline. "Global Hawk flew over eastern, northern and north western Australia and its maritime approaches covering a total of 154,000 kilometres in over 250 hours of flight time. Dr. Nelson said information gathered during the missions will allow the RAAF, Australia's Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), and the USAF to jointly assess the military utility of high altitude endurance UAVs to conduct maritime, littoral and land surveillance. "DSTO assisted in developing new maritime and littoral surveillance capabilities that allowed Global Hawk to more efficiently search large areas to detect and classify maritime targets. "Global Hawk had exercised these new capabilities during its Australian missions, and had undertaken specific activities representative of surveillance operations that could be undertaken in a future mature system," Dr Nelson said. Global Hawk is scheduled to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California about 11.30 pm on Thursday 7 June (California time).