Drones of Its Own: NATO Signs Deal with Northrup Grumman for 'Global Surveillance Capabilities'
<div class='node-body'><p>As part of NATO's planned multi-year and multi-billion dollar investment in an increased global surveillance capability, building what it calls an 'Allied Ground Surveillance (AGS)' system, the 28-nation military alliance penned a deal with defense contractor Northrop Grumman on Sunday for a fleet of unmanned aerial drones along with the requisite command and control base stations needed to operate them. </p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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