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03/10/2020

USAF, Canadian Fighters, AWACS + KC-135 Intercept Russian Aircraft North of Alaska:

U.S. Air Force F-22s and Canadian CF-18s intercepted two Russian Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft north of Alaska on March 9.

11/23/2019

NATO to upgrade its AWACS surveillance aircraft for $1 billion:

The news comes coupled with an announcement that the first of five Global Hawk drones making up the Alliance Ground Surveillance program was en route from the United States to its future home base at Sigonella, Sicily.

03/22/2019

UK Pulls Trigger on $2B E-7A Wedgetail AEW Purchase:

The British Ministry of Defence announced on March 22 a nearly $2 billion procurement of a fleet of five Wedgetail E-7 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft from Boeing. With Brit…

12/19/2018

Boeing Completes NATO AWACS Upgrades:

OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 18, 2018 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] delivered the final Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft modernized with avionics and a digital cockpit to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Manching, Germany. This delivery is the final of 14 and ensures NATO AWACS co...

10/25/2018

Contracts for Oct. 24, 2018
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Honeywell International Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, has been awarded an estimated $1,036,726,575 firm-fixed-price requirements contract for support of the following platforms: Ground Start Carts, C-130 Auxiliary Power Units (APU), B-2 APU, F-15 components, A-10 APU, E-3 APU, B-1 APU and F-16 turbine power units. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This is a three-year, six-month base contract with one three-year option, and one three-year and six-month option period. Using military service is Air Force. Location of performance is Utah, with a July 31, 2028, performance completion date. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2019 through 2029 Air Force working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPRPA1-18-D-001U).

07/11/2018

Farnborough 2018: What could replace the UK’s AWACS?

One of the key talking points at this year’s Farnborough air show will be the Royal Air Force’s growing desire to replace its ageing E-3D ...

06/12/2018

Courtesy of - Tiger Meet 2018 Poland https://www.facebook.com/RobertWysockiPhotography/

Boeing E-3 "Sentry" AWACS
NATO Tiger Meet 2018 Poland
NATO Tiger Association

06/12/2018

E-3 AWACS strengthen interoperability during BALTOPS:

Two E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft assigned to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, partnered with NATO allies in support of Exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) June 6, 2018.

03/15/2018

Saab successfully completes first flight of the GlobalEye AEW&C aircraft:

LINKOPING, Sweden - On March 14, 2018, Saab successfully completed the first flight of the GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning & Control aircraft. The GlobalEye took off on its maiden flight at 12:52pm local time from Saab's airfield in Lin

03/02/2018

First of monthly planned NATO exercises considered success at Spangdahlem:

SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany -- The 52nd Fighter Wing hosted a multinational, large-force exercise Feb. 22-23, 2018, involving participants from several NATO countries.