The Boeing Co. won a $108 million contract to supply radar system improvement program kits to Japan’s fleet of four E-767 Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft. The kits feature a new radar computer, control maintenance panel and software upgrades for the radar and mission system programs. Northrop Grumman Corp.’s electronic systems unit in Baltimore builds the components through a subcontract with Boeing.
The kits will increase the aircraft fleet’s radar sensitivity, so it can detect and follow smaller targets, said Anthony Williams, Boeing Japan AWACS program manager. They also upgrade the radar’s computer with a more reliable multiprocessor, and rewrite system software to facilitate maintenance and enhancements, he said.
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