The U.S. Navy announced it awarded the contract to Northrop Grumman to conduct mission-systems integration for the E-130J that will replace the E-6B in the TACAMO mission. Northrop Grumman has been ...

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 name is a nod to the C-130 platform already fulfilling the TACAMO mission as EC-130Q between 1963 and 1993. After designating last year the selection of the E-130J designation for the new Take ...

Northrop Grumman has won a U.S. Navy contract worth approximately $3.5 billion to provide mission-systems integration support for E-130J, the service branch’s new nuclear command, control and ...

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 ...

The U.S. Navy is preparing to replace what some describe as the “deadliest plane in the world”—the E-6 Mercury. Designed to act as a flying communications link between the U.S. government and military ...

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 ...

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 Navy wants its next TACAMO aircraft to be based on the C-130J Super Hercules. U.S. Air Force pilots assigned to the 317th Airlift Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, taxi one example during Mosaic ...