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Air Force, Navy Pledge Greater Global Hawk-BAMS Cooperation

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Friday, July 2nd, 2010

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By Marina Malenic The Navy and Air Force have agreed to greater cooperation on maintenance, training, logistics and operations on the MQ-4 Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft Systems (BAMS UAS) and the RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS, representatives of the two services said yesterday. Although the two platforms are designed to meet service-specific requirements, similarities between them warrant a joint effort to achieve maximum efficiency, service officials told reporters at the Pentagon. A Synergies Working Group (SWG) has been established…

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