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CTF evaluates Global Hawk system
Block 20 performs safety-of-flight engine run


The new Global Hawk Block 20 sits parked in an Air Force Plant 42 hangar in Palmdale, Calif. The Combined Test Force conducted safety-of-flight engine run tests and taxi testing recently. The Global Hawk is also scheduled to conduct takeoff abort test, and first flight. The first flight will deliver the Global Hawk to Edwards for more testing. (Photo by Bill Krause)
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10/6/06 – EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Global Vigilance Combined Test Force conducted a milestone engine run and completed the first of several taxi events for the Global Hawk Block 20 at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., Sept. 26 and 27.

The team conducted a safety-of-flight engine run to evaluate the Global Hawk and its interaction with the ground control elements of the aircraft system.

“The primary importance of this testing is to provide confidence to the entire test team and the program’s leadership that the Block 20 of the Global Hawk system is ready to taxi and complete a first flight,” said Thomas Bryson, Global Hawk Flight Test Northrop Grumman manager for test support activity. More...

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