SAN DIEGO, June 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force's award for excellence in aircraft sustainment has been awarded to the service's RQ-4 Global Hawk program.
The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude unmanned aerial system for surveillance and built by Northrop Grumman. The system has flown 100,500 total flight hours supporting diverse global missions, such as anti-terrorism, anti-piracy, humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, airborne communications and information-sharing.