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Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Israel backpedals on plans not to deliver AWACS equipment

Boeing 737-700 AEW&C (Peace Eagle) |Israel, whose relations with Turkey have been strained since its troops staged a deadly attack on a Turkish passenger ship in which nine civilians were killed as part of a flotilla bringing supplies to Gaza in May 2010, has changed its mind about not delivering hardware to be installed on Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) military aircraft to Turkey.

Turkey bought four AWACS-compatible aircraft from the US in the early 2000s. A contract to install the electronic equipment to integrate the warning system with military planes was won by Israel, which earlier delivered two of the planned systems.

However, it announced in 2011, following tension that began with the passenger ship attack, that it would not be delivering the remaining two systems.

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