U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff proposed operating a constellation of Global Hawk UAVs

Despite Global Hawk's misadventures, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John Jumper proposed operating a constellation of the UAVs as low-flying, intelligence satellites. Analysts here called it a ``shot across the bow'' to warn officials in the Future Imagery Architecture satellite program to get...

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