The U.S. Air Force awarded Falls Church-based Northrop Grumman Corp. a potential five-year $3.6 billion contract for work on the branch’s airborne communications relay system, the Department of Defense announced Thursday.
Under the contract, Northrop Grumman will perform research, development, testing, evaluation, integration, operations and sustainment services for the branch’s Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN).
The BACN is designed to work with the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system to help military operators collect data, according to Northrop Grumman. The company has not yet released further details about this contract.
