Boeing E-6B Mercury
First ‘Block II’ E-6B Mercury delivered to US Navy
The US Navy accepted its first upgraded E-6B Mercury on June 6, when pilots from the service’s Strategic Communications Wing 1 flew the newly enhanced aircraft from Northrop Grumman’s Aircraft Maintenance and Fabrication Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to Tinker AFB, Oklahoma
Work progressing on E-3D to E-6B trainer conversion
US Naval Air Systems Command provided an update on October 4 on the progress being made on conversion of a former Royal Air Force Boeing E-3D Sentry AEW1 into an E-6B Mercury in-flight trainer for the US Navy
The transformation of the US Navy Boeing E-6 Mercury
Its name may have changed early in its career, but the Boeing E-6 has since undergone further, more significant transformations. Combat Aircraft Journal reports
Upgraded E-6B Mercury visits Europe for the first time
June marked the first deployment of a Block I standard E-6B Mercury to Europe, as it arrived at RAF Mildenhall in the UK. AFM details what new changes this update has brought to the E-6B fleet, as the US Navy prepares for the Block II upgrade
US Navy selects Northrop Grumman to modernise E-6B fleet
Northrop Grumman announced on March 3 that it was recently awarded the Integrated Modification and Maintenance Contract for the US Navy’s fleet of Boeing E-6B Mercury airborne command and control aircraft, which the firm will be responsible for sustaining and modernising over the coming years
US Navy buys RAF E-3D for E-6B training
An RAF Boeing E-3D Sentry AEW1 airborne early warning and control aircraft has been sold to the US Navy for use as an in-flight trainer in support of the Boeing E-6B Mercury programme
US Navy seeks to use C-130J-30 in TACAMO mission
The US Navy intends to field Lockheed Martin’s C-130J-30 Super Hercules in the Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) airborne survivable nuclear command, control and communications mission, after it posted a solicitation for test aircraft on December 18
US Navy seeks E-3D in-flight trainer for E-6B Mercury fleet
The US Navy seeks to procure a Boeing E-3D Sentry airborne early warning and control system for use as an in-flight trainer to reduce the wear on its E-6B Mercury command and control aircraft