Northrop Grumman Company (NYSE: NOC) introduced that the primary E-6B Mercury Plane has been efficiently delivered again to the U.S. Navy.
- Northrop Grumman efficiently delivers the primary E-6B Mercury Plane beneath the IMMC again to the Navy in document time.
- Northrop Grumman’s technology-infused method to modernization accomplished the primary modification effort in roughly one yr, clearing a path to decreasing the span of future modifications to 6 months.
- 5 kits had been efficiently built-in onto the E-6B platform, implementing efficiencies and bettering plane command, management and communications capabilities.
Consultants:
Scott Pfeiffer, vp, platform sustainment and mission readiness, Northrop Grumman: “Northrop Grumman is leveraging cutting-edge know-how in modernization, supporting the Navy’s mission to offer survivable, dependable and endurable airborne command, management and communications between the Nationwide Command Authority (NCA) and U.S. strategic and nonstrategic forces for persistent mission readiness.”
Particulars on E-6B Built-in Modification and Upkeep:
Northrop Grumman was awarded the Built-in Modification and Upkeep Contract (IMMC) for the Navy’s E-6B Mercury platform, a spinoff of the industrial Boeing 707 plane, in February 2022. The work was carried out at Northrop Grumman’s Plane Upkeep and Fabrication Heart in Lake Charles.
As a part of the essential Take Cost and Transfer Out (TACAMO) strategic communications mission, the E-6B operates throughout a wide-frequency spectrum to transmit and obtain safe and non-secure voice and knowledge info. The plane supplies survivable, dependable and endurable airborne command, management and communications in assist of the President, Secretary of Protection and United States Strategic Command.
The second plane has already arrived in Lake Charles, and functionality upgrades, integrations and exams on the plane are underway. Over the following a number of years, Northrop Grumman will proceed to carry out these modifications to the Navy’s E-6B plane, bettering command, management and communications capabilities that join the NCA with america’ nuclear triad. The corporate will set up a consolidated manufacturing line for core modifications required beneath the $111 million contract.
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