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NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION RQ-4 Global Hawk | Drone Consult

Products/RQ-4 Global Hawk

In production

RQ-4 Global Hawk

HALE · made by NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION (United States)

High-altitude long-endurance surveillance UAS

MTOW: 14628 kg
Payload: 1360 kg
Endurance: 34 h
Range: 22780 km
Ceiling: 18,288 m
Speed: 575 km/h
Used by: United States
In service: since 2001 · combat-proven
Role: ISR

Who bought it

11 contracts, 2013–2026 · ≈ EUR 754.3M awarded in 10 · most often Department of the Air Force (9), Defense Logistics Agency, U.S. Navy

Oct 2024Department of the Air ForceCombines various maintenance laptops into a new, single laptop that can be used to perform applicable maintenance functions for the USAF block 40 RQ-4B global hawks using appropriate software and windows secure host baseline 11 operating systemUSD 6.2M
Jan 2024Department of the Air ForceRepair and sustainment of the RQ-4 global hawk and MQ-4C triton systemsUSD 71.3M
Jul 2021Department of the Air ForceRemotely piloted aircraft (RPA) operations and maintenance (o&m) support services at DP-80. award for initial support in july 2021USD 79.0M

›All contracts(11)

Oct 2024Department of the Air ForceCombines various maintenance laptops into a new, single laptop that can be used to perform applicable maintenance functions for the USAF block 40 RQ-4B global hawks using appropriate software and windows secure host baseline 11 operating systemUSD 6.2M
Jan 2024Department of the Air ForceRepair and sustainment of the RQ-4 global hawk and MQ-4C triton systemsUSD 71.3M
Jul 2021Department of the Air ForceRemotely piloted aircraft (RPA) operations and maintenance (o&m) support services at DP-80. award for initial support in july 2021USD 79.0M

Similar products

Also by NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION: MQ-4C Triton (hale) · Northrop Grumman X-47B (ucav)
Alternatives: Bombardier Global 6000 (Pegasus) (hale) · AGS RQ-4D Phoenix (hale)

+ Compare with other products More about NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION →

From northropgrumman.com · updated 30 Aug 2026ⓘ

Not from an official registry filing, so check the details against the original.

Jan 2021

Department of the Air ForceRepair and sustainment of the RQ-4B global hawk and MQ-4C triton systems

USD 219.6M

Jan 2021Department of the Air ForceContractor logistics support and services (CLS vi) for the RQ-4 global hawk sustainment platformUSD 330.1M

Jan 2021

Department of the Air ForceRepair and sustainment of the RQ-4B global hawk and MQ-4C triton systems

USD 219.6M

Jan 2021Department of the Air ForceContractor logistics support and services (CLS vi) for the RQ-4 global hawk sustainment platformUSD 330.1M

Jan 2021Department of the Air ForceContractor logistics support and services vi for enhanced integrated sensor suite supporting the RQ-4 global hawk platformUSD 24.3M

Dec 2020U.S. NavyRpa operations facilityUSD 55.7M

Sept 2020Department of the Air ForceSection 889 RQ-4 global hawk technical order refreshUSD 14.5M

Nov 2018Department of the Air ForceRemotely piloted aircraft (RPA) RQ-4 o-level maintenance services at nas andersen AFB, guamUSD 13.3M

Jan 2013Department of the Air ForceGlobal hawk RQ-4 aircrew training system contractor support CY13USD 5.9M

Jul 2026Defense Logistics AgencyHydraulic Actuator in support of the RQ-4 Global Hawk program

›Full description and specifications

Wingspan: 39.9 m
Propulsion: jet
Class: Class III
First flight: 1998

›Programmes(3)

US Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk · operational
Japan RQ-4 Global Hawk · operational
South Korea RQ-4 Global Hawk · operational