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  • ESC awards airborne comm contract to meet urgent need

    The U.S. Air Force Electronic Systems Center awarded a contract June 24 to Northrop Grumman Corp. to field and deploy an airborne communications system that provides real-time battlefield information to warfighters. The center awarded the $276 million, 18-month contract to incorporate the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, or BACN, on two
  • Tactical Satellite-3 completes successful first month of operations

    A month after launching, the Tactical Satellite-3 has exceeded expectations and is performing well, accoding to the program manager of the experimental spacecraft. Launched on May 19, TacSat-3 is managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate here.  Within 30 days of operation,  the program has accomplished early on-orbit
  • Enhanced Global Hawk to be rolled out June 25

    Air Force and Northrop Grumman officials will roll out the first Block 40 RQ-4 Global Hawk Thursday, June 25 at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif. The Block 40 carries the Multi-platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) enhanced sensor suite. The Air Force plans to purchase 15 of the Block 40 variant. "The RQ-4 Block 40 weapon
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