Boeing-led Team Completes Major Upgrade for NATO AWACS Fleet
03.12.08 - 18:54 ... source : Boeing
... SEATTLE, Dec. 03, 2008 -- A team led by Boeing [NYSE: BA] 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. "Achieving this milestone represents the culmination of a true international effort by many talented people from across North America and Europe, including the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Programme Management Agency, Force Command, the NATO E-3A Component, the U.S Air Force and more than 15 key subcontractors from 12 nations," said Lee Strom, NATO AWACS program ...» Next (HTML)
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