NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works and Raytheon Intelligence and Space are teaming up to bid on the Navy’s next command-and-control aircraft, to be used if a ...

The Boeing E-6B Mercury was last spotted crossing the Atlantic east of Virginia Beach on Friday before its transponder went ...

Industry officials have confirmed that the future E-XX aircraft, which will provide airborne strategic command and control support for America’s ballistic missile submarines, will not also have the ...

Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River, Maryland, announced on August 7, 2025, that the U.S. Navy’s new aircraft for the Take Charge and Move Out mission, or TACAMO, will carry the designation ...

The company believes its role as prime contractor on the E-2 Hawkeye puts it in a strong position for the programme to replace the USN's Boeing E-6 Mercury fleet. Northrop Grumman aims to leverage its ...

The US Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $62 million contract modification to study the suitability of the C-130J aircraft for the E-XX TACAMO programme. The US Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $62 ...

The US Navy's E-6B Mercury strategic command aircraft. (US Navy) Northrop Grumman, which is vying to provide the US Navy's E-XX Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) strategic command aircraft, recently ...

The end of (one) year and start of another can be an exciting time. For kids, it means Christmas, with presents under the tree. For adults, New Year's Eve parties and bottles of champagne. The end of ...

The US Navy (USN) looks set to field the Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules in the Take Charge And Move Out (TACAMO) survivable nuclear communications role, with a solicitation for fatigue test ...

The U.S. Navy operates a fleet of E-6B TACAMO (“TAke Charge And Move Out”). The “Mercury” aircraft are extremely important as they are used to relay instructions to the fleet ballistic missile ...