U.S. Navy Ends Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator Mission

RQ-4 maritime surveillance demonstrator
Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Navy and U.S. Central Command have ended the RQ-4 Global Hawk Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator mission after 13 years in the Middle East. The BAMS-D mission used early-model Northrop Grumman RQ-4s to provide the Navy’s fleet with electro-optical and infrared-thermal imaging in...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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