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Bid Protest Looms in Navy $3.5 Billion TACAMO Award to Northrop Grumman

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, December 19th, 2024

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Bid Protest Looms in Navy $3.5 Billion TACAMO Award to Northrop Grumman

The U.S. Navy said that it accepted the first upgraded, Block II E-6B from Northrop Grumman's plant in Lake Charles, La. in June last year (U.S. Navy Photo)

A bid protest by a Collins Aerospace and Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) team is looming for a nearly $3.5 billion Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) U.S. Navy award to Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Wednesday. In April, the Air Force awarded SNC an up to $13 billion contract for the service’s planned survivable airborne operations center to replace the Boeing E-4B “Nightwatch” fleet, based on the 747 passenger plane and used as a mobile national command authority in crisis situations, such…

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