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Navy/USMC

Northrop Grumman Announces Teammates For Navy TACAMO Recap

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, April 3rd, 2023

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Northrop Grumman Announces Teammates For Navy TACAMO Recap

Northrop Grumman industry team for Navy's E-XX TACAMO. Photo: Northrop Grumman

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…

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