By Nick Wakeman
Northrop Grumman has won a $3.6 billion contract for Battlefield Airborne Communications Node support.
The Air Force contract covers operations, sustainment and support. The company will also provide research, development, test and evaluation, and integration for payloads connected to the BACN system.
The Battlefield Airborne Communications Node works in conjunction with the unmanned aerial vehicle Global Hawk to create what Northrop calls a “persistent gateway” that receives, bridges and distributes communications on the battlefield.
The system overcomes line of sight issues for communications and enables better situational awareness from ground units to the highest command levels, the company says on its website.
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The U.S. Army Is Qualifying New Units To Fly The UH-60 With The Controversial M-139 Volcano Mine Delivery System
The U.S. Army Is Qualifying New Units To Fly The UH-60 With The Controversial M-139 Volcano Mine Delivery System
File photo of Soldiers from 2nd Bn., 2nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, using a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to employ M-139 Air Volcano Mines during a capabilities exercise at Bisung Range near the city of Yangpyeong, South Korea. The system is now being resurrected for use on the UH-60M (Image credit: U.S. Army)
The M-139 Volcano Mine Delivery System, originally built in the 1980s and ’90s, has been in storage for more than 20 years.