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U.S. Navy RQ-4A BAMS-D Surveillance Drone Damaged During Takeoff in the Middle East

December 14, 2019 Stefano D'Urso

The Class-A mishap reduced the BAMS-D fleet to just two operational drones remaining. An RQ-4A BAMS-D (Broad Area Maritime Surveillance – Demonstrator) of the U.S. Navy was damaged by unspecified Foreign Object Debris (FOD) while […]

All You Need To Know (And Hasn’t Been Said Yet) About The Navy RQ-4A Shot Down by Iran Over The Strait of Hormuz

June 20, 2019 David Cenciotti

The BAMS-D drone was reportedly intercepted by a Khordad missile system. On June 19, 2019, at around 23.35 GMT, a U.S. Navy Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (or BAMS-D) demonstrator, an RQ-4A UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) […]