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Northrop Grumman Receives BACN Contract Worth Up to $3.6 Billion

Northrop Grumman Receives BACN Contract Worth Up to $3.6 Billion
Two pilots load onto an E-11A aircraft outfitted with a Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) from the 430th Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, April 4, 2019. The 430th EECS is the only unit in the U.S. Air Force that operates the E-11A with the BACN payload. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a potentially $3.6 billion operations and sustainment contract for the company's  Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) on Jan. 21. "This contract provides for research, development, test, and evaluation, integration and operations and sustainment for existing and future payloads contained in or connected to the BACN system and associated ground stations or controls, ancillary equipment, support equipment and system integration laboratories.," DoD said in a contract announcement. Work is to be completed in…

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