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Key Meeting On BAMS Expected Next Week, Followed By Contract Award This Month

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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

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The Navy is expected to award a contract for a system of persistent unmanned maritime surveillance aircraft in the coming weeks, and the program manager predicted a pre-award Pentagon meeting won't be pushed off again, after recent delays. On April 8, the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aerial System (BAMS UAS) effort is slated to go before the Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) for approval to enter into the system development and demonstration (SDD) phase, BAMS program manager Capt. Robert Dishman…

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