Global Hawk Testing Awaits Incident Investigation

Credit: U.S. AIR FORCE
Testing of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial system (UAS) at Edwards AFB, Calif., was halted pending investigation of a May 28 emergency landing that was prompted by a spoiler malfunction during a test sortie. The landing occurred at 11:53 p.m., and is being hailed by Maj. Gen. David Eichhorn, Flight...

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