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Bombardier produces the E-11A, the military version of the Global private jet. CEO Eric Martel said the company's defense arm could reach $1 billion in revenue.
By Theresa Hitchens on January 26, 2021 at 5:01 PM EQ-4 Global Hawk modified to carry the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) WASHINGTON: Northrop Grumman’s new IDIQ contract, worth up to $3.6 billion, to support the Air Force’s Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) E-11A and EQ-4B aircraft guarantees operations through 2026. While the Air Force is already moving to field new capabilities developed under the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) to replace BACN, the award suggests that this won’t be completed until 2027 at the earliest. BACN is a gateway an...
R&D, integration, operations and sustainment of US airborne communications gateway capability included in latest $3.6 billion deal. Northrop Grumman is to continue its involvement with the USAF Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) programme, under a new $3.6 billion contract announced by the DoD on 21 January. The deal covers research, development, test, and evaluation, integration, operations and sustainment for existing and future BACN payloads and associated ground stations or controls, ancillary equipment, support equipment and system integration laboratories. Work will be...
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Broken fan blade, shutdown of wrong engine led to fatal E-11 crash in Afghanistan, report says January 21 Lt. Col. Paul Voss, left, and Capt. Ryan Phaneuf were killed Jan. 27, 2020 in the crash of their E-11A battlefield communications aircraft in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. (Voss photo via Air Combat Command; Phaneuf photo via Alvirne High School yearbook in Hudson, N.H., courtesy of David Morin) A broken fan blade that led to engine failure, followed by the pilots’ shutoff of the other engine, led to the fatal crash of a Bombardier E-11A communications aircraft in Afghanistan last J...