The U.S. Air Force has officially redesignated two Northrop Grumman– (NYSE: NOC) developed aircraft platforms that hold the battlefield airborne communications node system.
- The Global Hawk RQ-4BS has been re-designated as the EQ-4Bs
- the Bombardier Global Express BD-700 received the new E-11A designation
The company was awarded a five-month $43 million contract extension to operate, maintain and support two E-11A aircraft and to operate and maintain the battlefield airborne communications node payload.
“This new designation of the manned and unmanned BACN aircraft reflects a unique aircraft mix that provides theater commanders complimentary capabilities to support the BACN missions, ” said Claude Hashem, vice president and general manager of Northrop’s network communications systems business, part of the company’s information systems sector.
