Bams, eagle eyes, and dragon eyes: The sea services muster unmanned aerial vehicles for growing list of missions

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A unit of Marine is preparing a high-end program called the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to perform the duty of the P-3 Orion maritime patrol craft and split it between a follow-on Multimission Maritime aircraft and a BAMS UAV. The BAMS UAV conducts standoff surveillance, collecting electronic and signals intelligence that could be relayed to the area commander.

Surveillance & Reconnaisance Aircraft, Reconnaissance Aircraft, Defense programs, Defence programs

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Prowler numbers reduced to repair structures

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The number of EA-6B Prowler electronic attack aircrafts, which are available to Navy and Marine Corps, are being reduced by 40 percent in order to make structural repairs and replacements on wings plagued by structural fatigue. The Navy's aircraft inventory includes 119 EA-6Bs and the reduction in the Prowlers will leave the Navy and Marine Corps with only 71 Prowlers for the near future.

Aircraft & Parts, Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing, Aircraft and Parts, Guided Missiles, Space Vehicles, Parts, Design and construction, Defense industry, Aircraft, Defence industry, Flying-machines

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Early operations

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Navy Global Hawk is scheduled for an experiment, conveying intelligence data to Northern Command and the Department of Homeland Security. The services of Global Hawk long-range, high altitude unmanned aerial vehicles are sent on operational deployments to the Persian Gulf region for surveillance missions.

Contracts & orders received, Contracts & orders let, Contracts, Contract agreement, Aircraft industry, Northrop Grumman Corp.

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