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Thursday, October 22, 2009

U.S. Navy's BAMS-D completes first deployment

BAMSThe Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator returned to Patuxent River Naval Air Station Oct. 1 after a successful first deployment to Central Command.

During an eight-month deployment, the BAMS-D — managed by the Persistent Maritime Unmanned Aircraft Systems program office (PMA-262) — flew over 60 flights, totaling over 1,000 flight hours, and provided Commander Task Force 57 (CTF-57) with thousands of images to support maritime intelligence and surveillance activities.

“The BAMS-D team performed superbly in executing this flawless, in-theater swap of a high-demand asset,” said Capt. Bob Dishman, program manager.

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