NATO set to cut three aircraft from AWACS fleet

NATO looks set to reduce its E-3 Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) fleet from 17 to 14 aircraft, according to an upgrade contract awarded to Boeing on 6 August.

The USD250 million contract will see the flight decks of 13 AWACS aircraft modernised to make them Global Air Traffic Management (GATM)-compliant.

This is in addition to one engineering manufacturing and development (EMD) aircraft, which is due to enter flight testing later this year.

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