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vide detailed imagery. protecting civilian populations, and almost all are participating
in the program, which is special
The Joint Intelligence, Surveil- border control, maritime safety, because it means that there’s got
lance and Reconnaissance tech- crisis management and natural to be cooperation among that al-
nology will be used for military disaster response. liance,” said VanBrabant. “It will
operations, fighting terrorism, be providing not only operational
“There are 28 NATO countries classic military support, but also
humanitarian missions and disas-
ter relief missions.” Air Force photographs by Rebecca Amber

There are 15 nations contrib- At the NATO AGS unveiling ceremony June 4 at U.S. Air Force Plant
uting to the delivery of the AGS 42 in Palmdale, Calif., Northrop Grumman employees were joined by
system, but all 28 Alliance na- representatives from industry partners Airbus Defence and Space, Selex
tions will participate in the long- EX and Kongsberg.
term support of the program.
Maj. Jeremy Jones, Global Hawk pilot, answers questions about the Global [the AGS] is because it’s a suc- assembly, integration, testing
Hawk and the unique mission of flying an unmanned airplane June 4. That same day, a team of Euro- cess. You can see the success and long-term maintenance for
European journalists visited the Global Vigilance Combined Test Force at pean NATO journalists visited the that’s happened here at Edwards aircraft including the B-2 Spir-
Edwards AFB, Calif., where they saw a Block 20/30 Global Hawk after the Global Vigilance Combined Test with the testing and then the op- it, F-35 Lightning II, the RQ-4
NATO AGS rollout earlier in the day. Force at Edwards where they saw erational piece on the performance Global Hawk and now the NATO
a Block 20/30 Global Hawk. The of the Global Hawk.” Alliance Ground Surveillance
visit provided an opportunity for System.
the visitors to see both the pro- The Palmdale facility provides
duction side at Plant 42 and the
operational side of the process at
Edwards.

“All of these are international
journalists that will go back to
their home countries and tell the
story to the NATO countries that
are investing,” said Rene Free-
land, systems communication
manager for Northrop Grumman.
“The reason why NATO selected

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