Navy and Air Force to work on E-6B replacement

The Navy has begun the early stages of designing a replacement for the E-6B Mercury command and control aircraft. The current E-6 fleet is scheduled to be retired in 2038. The head of STRATCOM, and the Vice CNO both said there are advantages to working with the Air Force to develop a single platform to do multiple command and control missions.

Instead of one platform to do multiple missions, which was originally tried with the failed E-10A program, the Mercury replacement will take advantage of technologies developed for other programs, such as the E-8C replacement, to keep costs down.

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Why isn't EA-18G a suitable replacement?

a reply to: tsa007

You're thinking of the EA-6B Prowler. The Growler did replace them. This is the E-6B Mercury.