The Arctic has become the new battleground for global communications supremacy. As temperatures drop and geopolitical ...

Sen. Raphael Warnock is criticizing a U.S. Air Force plan to retire the E-11 BACN fleet, the only permanently stationed ...

The E-11A BACN has proven its worth—but the plane is vulnerable to attack, and too few in number to make a major difference on the battlefield in a future conflict. The US Air Force plans to retire ...

Bombardier CEO Eric Martel said on Tuesday that the company's defense arm could reach $1 billion in revenue. The planemaker produces E-11A communications aircraft, which is the military version of a ...

The U.S. Air Force has been using its high-tech E-11A Battle Airborne Communications Node (BACN) to coordinate humanitarian airdrops over Gaza since March 2024. Alongside recently released photos, the ...

Fleet retirement plan: The USAF will divest its seven E-11A BACN aircraft by FY2028, citing small fleet size, vulnerability, and limited utility in large-scale conflicts. Satellite-based shift: A ...

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., McLean, Virginia, was awarded a $464,399,742 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract action for Battlefield Airborne ...