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Northrop Grumman Announces Nearly $269 Million Task Order for USAF BACN

Northrop Grumman Announces Nearly $269 Million Task Order for USAF BACN
Pictured is an E-11A in San Diego. Northrop Grumman said that work on the BACN program is in San Diego; Warner Robins, Ga.; and overseas (Northrop Grumman Photo)

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on June 6 that the U.S. Air Force has awarded the company a nearly $269 million task order through January, 2027 for continued operations and sustainment of the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN). Bombardier Global 6000s, once outfitted with the Northrop Grumman BACN package, become E-11As in the Air Force inventory. Last October, the Air Force chose Northrop Grumman to support the aircraft at their first base in the continental United States–Robins AFB, Ga. (Defense Daily,…

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