The first C-130J-30 Hercules earmarked for conversion into an E-130J TACAMO aircraft for the U.S. Navy is in production. Fresh on the heels of the announcement that the U.S. Navy’s E-6B Mercury ...

The new E-130J TACAMO aircraft will be based on the C-130J-30 airframe with a number of modifications intended to host the ...

The US Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a $3.5 billion contract for the E-130J, the service’s new command and control aircraft for its ballistic missile submarine force. The aircraft will replace the ...

The United States Navy maintains a fleet of aircraft that are unofficially called "Doomsday Planes." These are vital to national defense, and they serve an important strategic purpose. The current ...

Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River, Maryland, announced on August 7, 2025, that the U.S. Navy’s new aircraft for the Take Charge and Move Out mission, or TACAMO, will carry the designation ...

The Navy wants its next TACAMO aircraft to be based on the C-130J Super Hercules. U.S. Air Force pilots assigned to the 317th Airlift Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, taxi one example during Mosaic ...

General Dynamics Mission Systems, Bloomington, Minnesota, is awarded a $17,292,088 performance-based logistics requirements contract for repair, replacement and program support of Advanced Mission ...