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No Payload Limit for the Autonomous Global Hawk
Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Designed to provide military field commanders with comprehensive intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) over large geographic areas, Global Hawk’s system significantly enhances military expertise across all types of operations from sensitive peace-keeping missions to full-scale combat.
Since 2001, Global Hawk has amassed more than 250,000 flight hours in support of military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, North Africa and the greater Asia-Pacific region. The system's cost per flight hour has fallen to half that of the manned competitor with the U.S. Air Force, logging 88 per cent of those hours with the remaining flown by NASA Global Hawks, Germany’s Full-Scale Demonstrator and the Navy’s broad-area maritime-surveillance aircraft systems.
Flying at high altitudes for longer than 30 hours, Global Hawk gathers near real-time high-resolution imagery of large areas of land, day or night in all types of weather. The system provides a flexible platform for multiple sensor payloads to deliver mission-critical information to various users around the world.
Global Hawk’s intelligence-gathering capabilities also allow civil authorities greater ability to respond to natural disasters, conduct search-and-rescue operations and gather atmospheric data to help forecasters predict the paths of storms. Global Hawk has assisted first responders around the world during humanitarian disasters and civil emergencies to identify where support is needed.
Battlefield Airborne Communications
Earlier this year, Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered a Global Hawk carrying the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) to the U.S. Air Force. BACN is a high-altitude, airborne gateway that translates and distributes voice communications, video, imagery and other battlespace information using a suite of computers and radio systems to bridge and extend communications amongst different datalink networks and users to provide situational awareness and enable better command-and-control coordination between warfighters and commanders.
The persistent connectivity of BACN enables a range of missions to be executed successfully, including airdrops, so proving critical for joint and coalition operations. The system's beyond-line-of-sight capability has been particularly useful for communications in Afghanistan's rugged terrain.
The BACN fleet comprises of four E-11A manned aircraft and three Northrop Grumman EQ-4B Block 20 Global Hawk unmanned systems, with Northrop Grumman as the prime contractor for developing, deploying, operating and sustaining BACN in support of U.S. Central Command. Northrop Grumman maintains the BACN E-11A aircraft platforms, while the U.S. Air Force maintains the EQ-4B Global Hawk platforms.
Optimal Payload Integration
The RQ-4 Global Hawk not only flies with a SYERS-2 intelligence-gathering sensor and a MS-177 sensor payload, but its Optical Bar Camera (OBC) broad-area synoptic sensor provide unalterable panoramic imagery to the warfighter, its allies and to governments. Northrop Grumman’s 2016 flight tests marked the first time these sensors have been used on a high altitude long-range autonomous aircraft to extend the mission capabilities of the system.
As the next evolution of UTC Aerospace Systems’ Senior Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System (SYERS) sensor, currently flown on U-2S aircraft, the MS-177 Family of Systems (FoS) sensor enables targets to be "found" using broad area search and different sensing technologies, while fixing, tracking and assessing targets through its agility and multiple sensing modalities. The SYERS-2 sensor pivots from side to side, while the MS-177 squints forward and backward, enabling new imaging capabilities; it will ultimately be converted into the MS-177A to offer further expanded spectral performance, so enhancing data identification capabilities and assisting in the collation of improved and actionable intelligence.
This next-generation system employs design elements of the fielded SYERS-2A and DB-110 sensors to deliver superior collection capabilities via high geo-location accuracy, wide-area coverage, collection in six unique spectral channels, moving target indication and persistent imaging over a scene. With high-quality imagery providing analysts with extensive target detection, discrimination and tracking capabilities to reduce decision timelines significantly, Northrop Grumman is seeking to prove that the system can carry the same sensors as affordably as any other intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance [ISR] aircraft.
Payload integration is not new to Global Hawk as NASA has successfully integrated and flown more than 30 different information-gathering payloads on it, while existing models of the U.S Air Force Global Hawk are capable of carrying an Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suite (EISS), Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP) and Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP). Northrop Grumman's innovative Universal Payload Adapter (UPA) can also add legacy and future sensors as the UPA bracket is mounted to an existing Global Hawk airframe, enabling its support of a wide variety of payloads.
Integrated Sensor Suite
Since mid-2011, Global Hawk Block 30 systems have replaced Block 10 aircraft supporting operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya because the former carries sophisticated imaging and electronic signals sensors on missions exceeding 32 hours. Moreover, Block 30 is configured to carry an Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suite (EISS) and an Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP), which are extremely important for situational awareness and intelligence-gathering across huge areas of land.
Not only does Global Hawk’s EISS obtain reconnaissance imagery, but Block 30 includes an all-weather synthetic aperture radar/moving target indicator (SAR/MTI), a high resolution electro-optical (EO) digital camera and a third-generation infrared (IR) sensor. These features operate through a common signal processor equivalent to an airborne super-computer, while the integrated design of the sensor package gives ground commanders the ability to select radar-visible I/R information using the SAR or MTI simultaneously and so transferring it to the warfighter in near real-time.
The EISS allows Global Hawk to survey vast geographic regions with pinpoint accuracy in a range that extends more than halfway around the world while remaining on station for long periods of time. The high-resolution image quality makes it possible to distinguish vehicles, aircraft, missiles and people through adverse weather in day or night, so enabling the Global Hawk systems to provide the warfighter with the essential intelligence needed to achieve information dominance throughout battlespace and respond in combat to immediate surveillance needs.
Historical Development
As the Global Hawk System remains on duty around the world and is one of the premier providers of persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information, 2018 sees Northrop Grumman Corporation celebrate the 20th anniversary of its autonomous maiden flight.
The Northrop Grumman Global Hawk has its origins in the 1994 High-Altitude Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrator (HAE UAV ACTD) and Defence Airborne Reconnaissance Office (DARO) programmes sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which was responsible for the development of emerging technologies for military use. The first Global Hawk aircraft was named Air Vehicle 1 (AV-1) and built by Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical, then acquired by Northrop Grumman in 1999.
The AV-1’s maiden take-off was on 28th February 1998 on a 56-minute flight from Edwards Air Force Base in California. All white, except for its U.S. Air Force markings, and sporting a unicorn-like mast out of the front of its nose, the first Global Hawk landed safely and stopped itself on the runway just six inches off the painted centreline.
In March 2001, Global Hawk entered the Engineering, Manufacturing and Development phase of defence acquisition with a historic mission from Edwards Air Force Base, California to Royal Australian Air Force Base, Edinburgh, Australia, marking the first time an unmanned system had crossed the Pacific Ocean nonstop. “Those of us in the Global Hawk programme today owe a great deal of gratitude to those who developed the first Global Hawk,” says Lauren Stevens, Global Hawk Vice-President and Programme Manager for Northrop Grumman. “AV-1 and the Global Hawk programme have shaped aviation history and some of those Ryan employees who worked on AV-1 are still on the programme today.”
The Global Hawk’s Middle East mission began in November 2011 to provide critical pre-strike and post-strike data necessary for effective combat operations support in a joint Northrop Grumman and USAF team was led by Avis Anderson, now Northrop Grumman’s Director of Sustainment, Triton Programme. These days, NATO is acquiring the Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system that will give commanders a comprehensive picture of the situation on the ground; hence Northrop Grumman's AGS industry team includes Airbus Defence and Space, Leonardo and Kongsberg, as well as leading defence companies from the participating nations.
By 2019, the AGS system will be acquired by 15 Allies - Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and the U.S. - while NATO will operate and maintain them on behalf of all 29 Allies. All NATO members will contribute financially to the development of AGS capability by supporting the establishment of the AGS main operating base and communications/life-cycle support of the AGS fleet.
The AGS system has five air-segment remotely-piloted Northrop Grumman aircraft, as well as mobile and transportable ground stations designed by Airbus and Leonardo. The air segment consists of five RQ-4B Global Hawk Block 40 aircraft and remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) flight control element all equipped with a state-of-the-art, multi-platform radar technology insertion programme (MP-RTIP) ground surveillance radar sensor and an extensive suite of line-of-sight or beyond-line-of-sight, long-range wideband data links.
Reference text/Photos:
www.nasa.gov
www.northropgrumman.com
Since 2001, Global Hawk has amassed more than 250,000 flight hours in support of military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, North Africa and the greater Asia-Pacific region. The system's cost per flight hour has fallen to half that of the manned competitor with the U.S. Air Force, logging 88 per cent of those hours with the remaining flown by NASA Global Hawks, Germany’s Full-Scale Demonstrator and the Navy’s broad-area maritime-surveillance aircraft systems.
Flying at high altitudes for longer than 30 hours, Global Hawk gathers near real-time high-resolution imagery of large areas of land, day or night in all types of weather. The system provides a flexible platform for multiple sensor payloads to deliver mission-critical information to various users around the world.
Global Hawk’s intelligence-gathering capabilities also allow civil authorities greater ability to respond to natural disasters, conduct search-and-rescue operations and gather atmospheric data to help forecasters predict the paths of storms. Global Hawk has assisted first responders around the world during humanitarian disasters and civil emergencies to identify where support is needed.
Battlefield Airborne Communications
Earlier this year, Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered a Global Hawk carrying the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) to the U.S. Air Force. BACN is a high-altitude, airborne gateway that translates and distributes voice communications, video, imagery and other battlespace information using a suite of computers and radio systems to bridge and extend communications amongst different datalink networks and users to provide situational awareness and enable better command-and-control coordination between warfighters and commanders.
The persistent connectivity of BACN enables a range of missions to be executed successfully, including airdrops, so proving critical for joint and coalition operations. The system's beyond-line-of-sight capability has been particularly useful for communications in Afghanistan's rugged terrain.
The BACN fleet comprises of four E-11A manned aircraft and three Northrop Grumman EQ-4B Block 20 Global Hawk unmanned systems, with Northrop Grumman as the prime contractor for developing, deploying, operating and sustaining BACN in support of U.S. Central Command. Northrop Grumman maintains the BACN E-11A aircraft platforms, while the U.S. Air Force maintains the EQ-4B Global Hawk platforms.
Optimal Payload Integration
The RQ-4 Global Hawk not only flies with a SYERS-2 intelligence-gathering sensor and a MS-177 sensor payload, but its Optical Bar Camera (OBC) broad-area synoptic sensor provide unalterable panoramic imagery to the warfighter, its allies and to governments. Northrop Grumman’s 2016 flight tests marked the first time these sensors have been used on a high altitude long-range autonomous aircraft to extend the mission capabilities of the system.
As the next evolution of UTC Aerospace Systems’ Senior Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System (SYERS) sensor, currently flown on U-2S aircraft, the MS-177 Family of Systems (FoS) sensor enables targets to be "found" using broad area search and different sensing technologies, while fixing, tracking and assessing targets through its agility and multiple sensing modalities. The SYERS-2 sensor pivots from side to side, while the MS-177 squints forward and backward, enabling new imaging capabilities; it will ultimately be converted into the MS-177A to offer further expanded spectral performance, so enhancing data identification capabilities and assisting in the collation of improved and actionable intelligence.
This next-generation system employs design elements of the fielded SYERS-2A and DB-110 sensors to deliver superior collection capabilities via high geo-location accuracy, wide-area coverage, collection in six unique spectral channels, moving target indication and persistent imaging over a scene. With high-quality imagery providing analysts with extensive target detection, discrimination and tracking capabilities to reduce decision timelines significantly, Northrop Grumman is seeking to prove that the system can carry the same sensors as affordably as any other intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance [ISR] aircraft.
Payload integration is not new to Global Hawk as NASA has successfully integrated and flown more than 30 different information-gathering payloads on it, while existing models of the U.S Air Force Global Hawk are capable of carrying an Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suite (EISS), Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP) and Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP). Northrop Grumman's innovative Universal Payload Adapter (UPA) can also add legacy and future sensors as the UPA bracket is mounted to an existing Global Hawk airframe, enabling its support of a wide variety of payloads.
Integrated Sensor Suite
Since mid-2011, Global Hawk Block 30 systems have replaced Block 10 aircraft supporting operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya because the former carries sophisticated imaging and electronic signals sensors on missions exceeding 32 hours. Moreover, Block 30 is configured to carry an Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suite (EISS) and an Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP), which are extremely important for situational awareness and intelligence-gathering across huge areas of land.
Not only does Global Hawk’s EISS obtain reconnaissance imagery, but Block 30 includes an all-weather synthetic aperture radar/moving target indicator (SAR/MTI), a high resolution electro-optical (EO) digital camera and a third-generation infrared (IR) sensor. These features operate through a common signal processor equivalent to an airborne super-computer, while the integrated design of the sensor package gives ground commanders the ability to select radar-visible I/R information using the SAR or MTI simultaneously and so transferring it to the warfighter in near real-time.
The EISS allows Global Hawk to survey vast geographic regions with pinpoint accuracy in a range that extends more than halfway around the world while remaining on station for long periods of time. The high-resolution image quality makes it possible to distinguish vehicles, aircraft, missiles and people through adverse weather in day or night, so enabling the Global Hawk systems to provide the warfighter with the essential intelligence needed to achieve information dominance throughout battlespace and respond in combat to immediate surveillance needs.
Historical Development
As the Global Hawk System remains on duty around the world and is one of the premier providers of persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information, 2018 sees Northrop Grumman Corporation celebrate the 20th anniversary of its autonomous maiden flight.
The Northrop Grumman Global Hawk has its origins in the 1994 High-Altitude Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrator (HAE UAV ACTD) and Defence Airborne Reconnaissance Office (DARO) programmes sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which was responsible for the development of emerging technologies for military use. The first Global Hawk aircraft was named Air Vehicle 1 (AV-1) and built by Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical, then acquired by Northrop Grumman in 1999.
The AV-1’s maiden take-off was on 28th February 1998 on a 56-minute flight from Edwards Air Force Base in California. All white, except for its U.S. Air Force markings, and sporting a unicorn-like mast out of the front of its nose, the first Global Hawk landed safely and stopped itself on the runway just six inches off the painted centreline.
In March 2001, Global Hawk entered the Engineering, Manufacturing and Development phase of defence acquisition with a historic mission from Edwards Air Force Base, California to Royal Australian Air Force Base, Edinburgh, Australia, marking the first time an unmanned system had crossed the Pacific Ocean nonstop. “Those of us in the Global Hawk programme today owe a great deal of gratitude to those who developed the first Global Hawk,” says Lauren Stevens, Global Hawk Vice-President and Programme Manager for Northrop Grumman. “AV-1 and the Global Hawk programme have shaped aviation history and some of those Ryan employees who worked on AV-1 are still on the programme today.”
The Global Hawk’s Middle East mission began in November 2011 to provide critical pre-strike and post-strike data necessary for effective combat operations support in a joint Northrop Grumman and USAF team was led by Avis Anderson, now Northrop Grumman’s Director of Sustainment, Triton Programme. These days, NATO is acquiring the Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system that will give commanders a comprehensive picture of the situation on the ground; hence Northrop Grumman's AGS industry team includes Airbus Defence and Space, Leonardo and Kongsberg, as well as leading defence companies from the participating nations.
By 2019, the AGS system will be acquired by 15 Allies - Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and the U.S. - while NATO will operate and maintain them on behalf of all 29 Allies. All NATO members will contribute financially to the development of AGS capability by supporting the establishment of the AGS main operating base and communications/life-cycle support of the AGS fleet.
The AGS system has five air-segment remotely-piloted Northrop Grumman aircraft, as well as mobile and transportable ground stations designed by Airbus and Leonardo. The air segment consists of five RQ-4B Global Hawk Block 40 aircraft and remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) flight control element all equipped with a state-of-the-art, multi-platform radar technology insertion programme (MP-RTIP) ground surveillance radar sensor and an extensive suite of line-of-sight or beyond-line-of-sight, long-range wideband data links.
Reference text/Photos:
www.nasa.gov
www.northropgrumman.com
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