Northrop Grumman delivers BACN-equipped Global Hawk to Air Force
By Loren Blinde
July 23, 2018
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Earlier this year, Falls Church, VA-based Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered a Global Hawk autonomous aircraft carrying the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) to the U.S. Air Force fleet, the company announced July 19. BACN — also developed by Northrop Grumman — is a high-altitude, airborne gateway that translates and distributes voice communications, and other battlespace information from numerous sources.
BACN bridges the gaps between those systems and extends communications among disparate users and networks to provide improved situational awareness.
BACN has completed more than 10,000 combat missions connecting warfighters in the air and on the ground.
Source: Northrop Grumman
