Lo hará en Estados Unidos, una versión modificada del RQ-4B Global Hawk Block 20. Alemania, adquirirá cinco. El prototipo ya ha efectuado pruebas en tierra, rodando hasta los 120km/h. Está equipado con electrónica desarrollada por EADS Defence. Los Eurohawk, sustituirán en las misiones de vigilancia a los dos Dassault-Breguet Atlantic de que dispone Alemania a finales de 2011.
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The prototype is within weeks of making its first flight in the USA.
A modified version of the US Air Force's Block 20 RQ-4B Global Hawk, the first of Germany's planned five new signals intelligence aircraft on 19 May cleared its "full dress rehearsal" before flying from Palmdale, California.
This involved the UAV making an aborted take-off from a speed of around 65kt (120km/h), before coming to a halt and shutting down on the runway. Earlier ground runs on 8 April had assessed the air vehicle at taxi speeds of between 6kt and 70kt.
It´s to be equipped with an EADS Defence & Security-developed payload incorporating communication and electronic intelligence-gathering sensors, the fleet will replace the German air force's two Dassault-Breguet Atlantic surveillance aircraft from late 2011.
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