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Thursday, June 05, 2008

Boeing Says Australia's Surveillance Plane Due in '09


Boeing 737-700 Wedgetail First Flight
Boeing Co., the second-largest U.S. defense contractor, said a $1 billion program to supply Australia with six surveillance planes is now scheduled for delivery in 2009 after a two-year delay.

``The first and second planes will be delivered in March 2009,'' said Pete Neal, operations manager for Boeing's Airborne Early Warning and Control business, in a meeting with reporters in Seattle today.

The Wedgetail program, named after an eagle native to Australia, consists of 737-700 Boeing airplanes fitted with Northrop Grumman Corp. surveillance radar and target identification systems made by BAE Systems Plc. The planes can track targets in the air and sea.

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