The US Navy began its TACAMO mission in the early 1960s, when it was determined that an airborne Very Low Frequency (VLF) communications system was feasible. The United States Navy’s next-generation ...

GAO previously questioned the Navy's choice of a C-130-based aircraft to meet its nuclear command and control needs.

The name is a nod to the C-130 platform already fulfilling the TACAMO mission as EC-130Q between 1963 and 1993. After designating last year the selection of the E-130J designation for the new Take ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works and Raytheon Intelligence and Space are teaming up to ...

Northrop Grumman won a $3.46 billion contract Dec. 18 to supply Lockheed Martin E-130Js to the U.S. Navy fleet dedicated to supporting nuclear-armed submarines. The contract for the Take Charge and ...

VLF equipment will be integrated on a C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft under USN efforts to modernise its TACAMO communications system. Collins Aerospace has obtained the first award in a series of ...

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 ...