
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Lockheed Martin [LMT], Raytheon Technologies [RTX] and small businesses Crescent Systems and Long Wave have joined prime contractor Northrop Grumman [NOC] in pursuit of the Navy’s new program to support its TACAMO mission of providing assured, secure round-the-clock connectivity between U.S. leaders and the nation’s ballistic missile submarine fleet. Northrop Grumman in mid-March announced it would bid for the E-XX TACAMO fleet of missionized aircraft systems, bringing its weapons system and battle management integration expertise to bear on…