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GAO Denies Lockheed Martin Protest of BAMS Award To Northrop Grumman

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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

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By Geoff Fein The Government Accountability Office (GAO) Friday denied Lockheed Martin's [LMT] protest of a $1.6 billion Navy contract award to Northrop Grumman [NOC] for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aerial system (UAS). The GAO ruling will enable the Navy to resume execution of the BAMS program. "The BAMS UAS team is now at work to fulfill the maritime warfighters' requirements for continuous battle-space awareness. We are in the process of addressing program impacts as a result…

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