Germany pulls plug on drone procurement program

Published May 14, 2013 4:40pm ET



BERLIN (AP) — An official says Germany has canceled plans to purchase and modify U.S.-made Global Hawk surveillance drones for 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion).

The drones made by Northrop Grumman were to be equipped with special signal interception devices and re-named Euro Hawk.

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