Global Hawk Flies BACN Comms Relay Payload

FLYING BACN: Northrop Grumman flew the first Global Hawk unmanned aircraft equipped with the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) payload on July 14 from Palmdale to Edwards AFB in California. Two Block 20 aircraft are being equipped with the BACN voice and data communications gateway for...

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