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Air Force, Navy Sign MoA To Streamline Global Hawk Acquisition Process

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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

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Navy and Air Force Global Hawk-based unmanned aircraft system (UAS) program officials have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to streamline their joint acquisition processes, according to the Navy. The MoA, signed Aug. 28, strengthens the services' efforts to leverage development, production, sustainment and upgrade efforts for the RQ-4- based programs managed by the Air Force's 303rd Aeronautical Systems Group (303 AESG) Global Hawk program and the Navy's Persistent Maritime UAS Program Office (PMA-262) which manages the Broad Area Maritime…

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