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Bombardier Delivers Global 6000 for USAF BACN Program
The latest Global to go to the U.S. Air Force, a 6000 modified for the BACN program, marks the first delivery under a June 2021 contract.
Bombardier celebrated its first military delivery, involving a Global 6000 for the U.S. Air Force, since it rebranded its defense division and declared its Wichita location to be its U.S. headquarters. L-r: Bombardier Defense v-p Steve Patrick and USAF Lt. Col Eric Inkenbrandt, the USAF's material leader for the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node program. (Photo: Bombardier)
Bombardier celebrated its first military delivery, involving a Global 6000 for the U.S. Air Force, since it rebranded its defense division and declared its Wichita location to be its U.S. headquarters. L-r: Bombardier Defense v-p Steve Patrick and USAF Lt. Col Eric Inkenbrandt, the USAF's material leader for the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node program. (Photo: Bombardier)

Bombardier handed over the first Global 6000 modified for the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) program under an order announced in June 2021. Valued at up to $465 million, that contract was a follow-on to earlier agreements under which the company had delivered four Globals for the BACN program.


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