Northrop plans October roll-out for Eurohawk prototype

An October roll-out is planned for Germany's Eurohawk high-altitude long-endurance unmanned air vehicle at Northrop Grumman's Palmdale, California facility. But its first flight could be delayed until early 2010.

A variant of Northrop's RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 20 UAV developed in conjunction with EADS, the Eurohawk's first flight had already been delayed by six months until December, and could now slip into January 2010, the US prime contractor says.

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