AWACS Fleet Finishes Modernization
December 04 2008
Boeing has completed a major upgrade for NATO's airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, reports the defense firm.
The alliance's 17 E-3 aircraft were upgraded under the US$1.32 billion mid-term modernization program.
Enhancements include new situation display consoles; an open-architecture mission computing system; multi-sensor integration; new digital communications systems; broad-spectrum VHF radios; an improved identification friend-or-foe system; and the...
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