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    Germany pulls plug on drone procurement program

    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.One experimental drone already purchased will continue to be used for testing purposes.A government official said Tuesday the decision not to buy four more drones was taken after it became clear that getting the required authorization to fly them over European airspace would be too costly. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak publicly ahead of a meeting Wednesday of Parliament's defense committee.The official put the cost to the government of canceling the program at about 250 million euros....

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