Tag: E-6
US Navy contracts Northrop for E-6B Mercury upgrades
The E-6B Mercury provides survivable, endurable, reliable airborne command, control, and communications for the nuclear triad.
US Navy buys British AWACS for use as Doomsday aircraft trainer
The former Royal Air Force AWACS is expected to be fielded as an E-6B trainer by October 2023, once modification works are completed.
Collins Aerospace completes upgrade of US Navy E-6B fleet
Collins Aerospace Systems announced it has successfully completed the modernization of the E-6B Block I aircraft fleet, part of the Navy’s Airborne...
US conducts Minuteman III ICBM launch from navy aircraft
The ICBM was launched from aboard the Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS) aircraft.
