Now deployed to the U.S. East coast, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) -built unmanned NASA Global Hawks will be able to better support environmental scientists during Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) missions. The HS3 missions aim to study the processes of hurricane formation and intensity change in the Atlantic Ocean.
Global Hawk NASA wspiera misje Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3).
With hurricane season well underway, researchers at the Naval Postgraduate School are taking part in an ongoing effort to look at hurricane formation and development, in hopes of improving prediction systems and, ultimately, allowing for earlier evacuations.
Aparaty Global Hawk ze specjalnym wyposażeniem na pokładzie pomagają walkę z huraganami.
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) i L-3 MAS przedstawiły plan zaoferowania Kanadzie wersji aparatów Global Hawk.
Mark Thompson z Center for Defense Information podał szacowany koszt aparatu Global Hawk.