Battleland has long been interested in how it was that an unmanned drone – the RQ-4 Global Hawk – ended up costing more money than the U-2 spy plane the Pentagon wanted it to replace for some missions ...

In early talks on the forthcoming fiscal 2014 budget request, the U.S. Air Force is proposing to close the book on Northrop Grumman’s Global Hawk franchise, canceling the ground surveillance variant.

Air Force Under Secretary Eric Fanning says the service is “committed to getting [the RQ-4B Global Hawk] to parity before we divest the U-2 fleet,” indicating the high-flying, manned spy plane could ...

Here’s What to Remember: Iranian engineers studied the crashed RQ-170 and quickly produced a crude copy of the radar-evading drone. U.S. forces on deployment to the Middle East include F-15E ...

The Chinese threat in the Pacific region may prompt America’s allies to acquire additional high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft the surveil the expansive ocean areas from the sky. Japan has ...