Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River, Maryland, announced on August 7, 2025, that the U.S. Navy’s new aircraft for the ...

The US Navy has named its next-generation TACAMO aircraft the E-130J Phoenix II, replacing the E-6B Mercury in the nuclear ...

The name is a nod to the C-130 platform already fulfilling the TACAMO mission as EC-130Q between 1963 and 1993. After ...

J transport, the Phoenix II will replace the jet-powered E-6B Mercury fleet that allows for remote command of the US Navy's ...

NAS Patuxent River, Md. — The U.S. Navy’s Airborne Strategic Command, Control and Communications Program Office (PMA-271) and ...

The Navy wants the new E-XX TACAMO to be based on the C-130J Super Hercules instead. Lockheed Martin’s entry for the E-XX competition is the EC-130J TACAMO, a plane it is co-developing with ...

During the Cold War, Lockheed Martin's EC-130Q was used on TACAMO missions, and the company will now reprise its role in supplying aircraft with such missions with the EC-130J Hercules aircraft.

Northrop Grumman aims to leverage its experience on the E-2 Hawkeye carrier-based AEW aircraft to compete for the USN's E-XX TACAMO (TAke Charge And Move Out) aircraft programme. The E-XX will be ...

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The fleet maintains continuous airborne and ground alert coverage 365 days a year at various sites. There are currently 16 E-6B aircraft performing the TACAMO/ABNCP missions," SAIC said. Advertisement ...