Broad Area Maritime Surveillance
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Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) is a UAV system, which will provide continuous maritime surveillance for the US Navy and complement the 737 based Multimission Maritime Aircraft (MMA)
The system is expected to enter service around the end of the decade. Around 40 UAVs will be based at five sites - Hawaii; Diego Garcia; NAS Jacksonville, Florida; NAS Kadena, Japan; and Sigonella, Italy. As of 2005, the Global Hawk, Mariner and Predator UAVs are being considered for the role.[1] The USAF has exerted pressure on the Navy to select the Global Hawk, which the Air Force has already selected.[2] The Lockheed/General Atomics Mariner (USD $8m) is a fraction of the cost of the Northrop Grumman Global Hawk (USD $35m). It should be noted that the Global Hawk flies higher, can carry more sensors and is a more robust aircraft; fewer Global Hawks are needed to perform the same mission. However, due to the capacity to purchase four times as many units, the Mariner is still considered a strong contender.[3]
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- ^ Burgess, Richard R. (May 2005). UAV Tests Its Sea Legs: The Global Hawk Has Performed Well On Missions Over Land, But Has Not Been Assigned To Long-Range Surveillance Of The World's Oceans (DOC). Seapower May 2005. Navy Office of Information. Retrieved on December 19, 2006.
- ^ BAMS article at GlobalSecurity.org
- ^ Defense Industry Daily
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