New Global Hawk Plan Signals Downturn For Spiral Development

Credit: USAF SSGT. Andy M. Kin
Global Hawk was for a decade the Pentagon's model for spiral acquisition, the process of introducing new capabilities into a project rapidly as they are validated. The U.S. Air Force envisioned infusing a host of new sensors into increasingly sophisticated airframes. But lawmakers never embraced...

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