A senior-level Air Force review team tasked with making assessments and recommendations for reliability and sustainability improvements for the Global Hawk program met for the first time last week. The team was established by Air Force Secretary Michael Donley in response to a directive issued by then-Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter. In a June 14 acquisition decision memorandum, Carter asked Donley to establish a senior-level Air Force Reliability and Maintainability subject matter expert review team within 60 days. The team...
