Navy acquisition executive John Young officially announced today the service will acquire the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle through an open competition, not a sole-source approach. BAMS is envisioned as a high-altitude UAV for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The Navy is buying two Northrop Grumman-made Global Hawks to develop a concept of operations for BAMS. The recent cancellation of future spirals of the Global Hawk demonstration program led to speculation the Navy might sole-source the BAMS contract by...
