"Edgy" (the third most often cited word in the industry, right after "money" and "money") is a generic catchphrase that implies free-spirited bravery on the part of the people who are making the film.
But, with the large-scale entry of the European Aeronautic, Defense and Space (EADS) consortium into the U.S. market, DoD is finding itself in a procurement Catch-22 that would have even Joseph Heller, the creator of the phrase, in awe.