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Saturday, August 08, 2009

E-3 on the radar: Upgrade workload on horizon for OC-ALC

E-3 AWACS aircraftTinker’s Air Logistics Center will be doing the hands on work in a $44 million contract to upgrade the computer systems on the Air Force’s fleet of E-3 AWACS aircraft.

The contract, awarded to Boeing but performed by the 566th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 557th Aircraft Sustainment Squadron, will involve the replacing of the existing 1970s-era computers with more modern LAN-type systems.

The first six aircraft of the Low-Rate Initial Production contract for the Block 40/45 upgrade will begin in November 2010 with the first modified AWAC entering service by June 2012. The last modified E-3 will roll out of the hangar by 2014.

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