Northrop Drone’s Costs Are Rising ‘Unacceptably,’ Pentagon Says

The price of Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance plane is rising too quickly and must be reined in, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer said.

“Its costs have been growing unacceptably and have to be gotten under control -- and will be,” Undersecretary for Acquisition Ashton Carter said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. “We are not happy with the productivity we are getting. We are very much discussing that program and going through its management in detail.”