The U.S. Navy announced it awarded the contract to Northrop Grumman to conduct mission-systems integration for the E-130J that will replace the E-6B in the TACAMO mission. Northrop Grumman has been ...

Northrop Grumman has won a U.S. Navy contract worth approximately $3.5 billion to provide mission-systems integration support for E-130J, the service branch’s new nuclear command, control and ...

Based on the C-130J transport, the Phoenix II will replace the jet-powered E-6B Mercury fleet that allows for remote command of the US Navy’s submarine-launched nuclear ballistic missiles. The US Navy ...

Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River, Maryland, announced on August 7, 2025, that the U.S. Navy’s new aircraft for the Take Charge and Move Out mission, or TACAMO, will carry the designation ...

Northrop Grumman Systems, a subsidiary of Falls Church aerospace and defense giant Northrop Grumman, has been awarded a $3.459 billion contract by the Navy to engineer and manufacture new nuclear ...

Northrop Grumman won a $3.46 billion contract Dec. 18 to supply Lockheed Martin E-130Js to the U.S. Navy fleet dedicated to supporting nuclear-armed submarines. The contract for the Take Charge and ...

The US has plans in place to make sure no enemy can take it by surprise and get away with it. Those plans not only target nuclear retaliatory measures, but also specify the means for retaliatory ...