Northrop Gets Navy Contract Modification for E-6B Aircraft Tactical Data Link System Upgrade
Northrop Grumman has received a potential $37.5M contract modification to provide materials needed to update the Multi-Role Tactical Common Data Link system of the U.S. Navy's E-6B Mercury command post and communications relay aircraft. The modification falls under a previously awarded basic ordering agreement and covers the delivery of seven MR-TCDL B-kits, a mission avionics systems trainer B-kit and related spares for the Boeing-built aircraft, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.