The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) a $42, 999, 820 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract for a five-month extension of operation and support of E-11A aircraft.
The aircraft are modified to carry the battlefield airborne communications node payload.
The contract provides an option to re-paint the two aircraft to Air Force specifications.
Electronic Systems Center, Airborne Networks Division, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the contracting activity.