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Northrop Wins Contract To Provide Airborne Comms Node For Air Force

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Friday, June 26th, 2009

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By Marina Malenic Northrop Grumman [NOC] has won a $276.3 million contract to supply aircraft battlefield communication equipment to the Pentagon, the service said yesterday. The U.S. Air Force Electronic Systems Center awarded the 18-month contract for fielding of the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) on two business jets and two Global Hawk Block 20 unmanned aerial vehicles. BACN provides real-time battlefield information to troops on the ground, the Defense Department said in a statement. Northrop Grumman will initially install…

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