Thursday, December 04, 2008

Boeing-led Team Completes Major Upgrade for NATO AWACS Fleet

A team led by Boeing has completed a major mission-system upgrade for the NATO Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet under the $1.32 billion Mid-Term Modernisation Programme.

Modification of the 17th and final AWACS aircraft was completed on schedule Nov. 3 by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), as an industry partner and subcontractor to Boeing.

Boeing also delivered two NATO AWACS mission simulators it had modified into the Mid-Term configuration.

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