(Photo Credit: U.S. Navy)
E-6B Mercury
Strategic Communications and Mission Readiness.
![E-6B Mercury Navy plane flying above the clouds](https://cdn.northropgrumman.com/-/jssmedia/wp-content/uploads/E-6B-Mercury-hero-001.jpg?mw=3840&rev=2faf40db356945cbb3c83043ee6e67db)
![E-6B Mercury Navy plane flying above the clouds](https://cdn.northropgrumman.com/-/jssmedia/wp-content/uploads/E-6B-Mercury-body-001.jpg?mw=3840&rev=3ce001246dd842079d0c5ed949241b37)
The E-6B is a Communications Relay and Strategic Airborne Command Post Aircraft
It provides survivable, reliable, and endurable airborne command, control and communications between the national command authority and U.S. strategic and non-strategic forces.
![E-6B Mercury Navy plane flying above the clouds](https://cdn.northropgrumman.com/-/jssmedia/wp-content/uploads/E-6B-Mercury-body-002.jpg?mw=3840&rev=8fdfba3cea5d4e5ab877cd455de223ee)
Aircraft Sustainment and Modernization Leaders
As leaders in aircraft sustainment and modernization, Northrop Grumman supports the US Navy’s E-6B Mercury fleet through the Integrated Modification and Maintenance Contract (IMMC), consisting of six modifications to improve command, control and communication functions.
E-6B Mercury in the News
![Northrop Grumman delivers first modified E-6 B Mercury as part of the Integrated Modification and Maintenance Contract (IMMC) for the U.S. Navy. (Photo Credit: U.S. Navy) white military aircraft flying above clouds](https://cdn.northropgrumman.com/-/jssmedia/wp-content/uploads/NorthropGrummanDeliversFirstModifiedE-6BMercurytoUSNavy.jpg?mh=300&rev=47e09e608f974edcacc4942e8a6dedf3)
![Navy Accepts Upgraded E-6B Mercury, Delivering Enhanced Capabilities to the Fleet People standing under tail of Navy E-6B Mercury aircraft](https://cdn.northropgrumman.com/-/jssmedia/wp-content/uploads/E-6B-Mercury-US-Navy-AC405_PMA271_Approved.jpg?mh=300&rev=6d901cd53943442b89fbeed61fed30fc)
Navy Accepts Upgraded E-6B Mercury, Delivering Enhanced Capabilities to the Fleet
(Source: NAVAIR News)
![Northrop Grumman Selected by US Navy for Sustainment and Modernization of E-6B Mercury Aircraft U.S. Navy’s E-6B Mercury aircraft taking off on runway](https://cdn.northropgrumman.com/-/jssmedia/wp-content/uploads/NorthropGrummanSelectedbyUSNavyforSustainmentandModernizationofE-6BMercuryAircraft.jpg?mh=300&rev=c805931353a147d79f243d9e75fe75ba)
Northrop Grumman Selected by US Navy for Sustainment and Modernization of E-6B Mercury Aircraft
![First E-6B Inducted Under New Maintenance Contract Navy aircraft on tarmac with sustainment workers](https://cdn.northropgrumman.com/-/jssmedia/wp-content/uploads/First-E-6B-inducted-under-new-maintenance-contract.jpg?mh=300&rev=617f21310a744daf9d563f5c694ffba6)
First E-6B Inducted Under New Maintenance Contract
(DVIDS - Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)