
The U.S. Air Force and Navy have begun studying the possibility of pursuing a cooperative effort to replace their aging command-and-control aircraft.Adm. Bill Moran, vice chief of naval operations, said the Navy plans to extend the life of its Boeing [BA] E-6B Mercury fleet to keep it in service until 2038. But at that point, the aircraft will be 49 years old.“That cannot be the final solution here, so we’re looking … at a way to get at a joint…