The US Navy began its TACAMO mission in the early 1960s, when it was determined that an airborne Very Low Frequency (VLF) ...

The E-6B Mercury was developed in the 1980s as a replacement. It's based on the Boeing 707-320, and once the EC-130Qs were retired, this became the primary choice for TACAMO aircraft for the Navy.

The US Navy has formally named its next-generation Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) aircraft the E-130J Phoenix II, ...

Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River, Maryland, announced on August 7, 2025, that the U.S. Navy’s new aircraft for the ...

The US Navy has named its next-generation TACAMO aircraft the E-130J Phoenix II, replacing the E-6B Mercury in the nuclear ...

The name is a nod to the C-130 platform already fulfilling the TACAMO mission as EC-130Q between 1963 and 1993. After ...

J transport, the Phoenix II will replace the jet-powered E-6B Mercury fleet that allows for remote command of the US Navy's ...

NAS Patuxent River, Md. — The U.S. Navy’s Airborne Strategic Command, Control and Communications Program Office (PMA-271) and ...

The work will be performed by Northrop Grumman in Oklahoma City, where its Aeronautics Systems business develops software and avionics engineering, testing, and support for some high-profile U.S. Air ...

The E-6B aircraft provides the National Command Authority with "survivable, reliable, and endurable" nuclear command.

The U.S. Air Force is examining industry capacity to build “secondary launch capability”–a follow-on to the Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS) on the U.S. Navy’s E-6B Mercury Take Charge and Move ...

The TACAMO system of US Navy releases two antenna cables from the aircraft platform to form a V -shaped dipole antenna with unequal length. Theoretical research and experiments show that with the ...