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Air Force

Under 2021 Contract, U.S. Air Force Buys 3rd New BACN-Equipped E-11A

Frank Wolfe

Friday, April 22nd, 2022

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Under 2021 Contract, U.S. Air Force Buys 3rd New BACN-Equipped E-11A

A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node-equipped E-11A aircraft rolls out on the flightline at Hanscom AFB, Mass., in July 2018 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's (AFLCMC) aerial networks division at Hanscom AFB, Mass., has bought a third Bombardier Global 6000 aircraft to serve as a Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN). The Bombardier planes, once outfitted with a Northrop Grumman [NOC] communications package, become E-11As in the Air Force inventory. The buy of the third new BACN aircraft comes under a potential $464.8 million Air Force contract awarded to Wichita-based Learjet Inc. last year for up to six new planes…

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