As RPVs Deliver Sigint, Pentagon Officials Question Manned Platforms

The Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle has been intercepting communications for months using a rudimentary intelligence payload operating on the development aircraft over Iraq. The payload is tailored to signals on frequencies used by insurgents and doesn't approach the high-speed frequency-hopping...

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