NATO will update its aging airborne warning and control system (AWACS) fleet with the purchase of six Boeing E-7A Wedgetail aircraft, it announced Wednesday. [Courtesy: NATO] NATO announced the ...

One of the outstanding military innovations of the Cold War years was the E-3 Sentry radar plane, which could monitor airborne and maritime traffic over great distances from a modified Boeing BA 707 ...

The Boeing 737-based AEW platform is expected to be operational from the 2030s. NATO had decided to replace its fleet of 14 E-3A AWACS (Airborne Warning And Control System) aircraft with six new E-7A ...

HERNDON, Va., Nov. 12, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to design, develop, integrate, test and support ...

Sometimes, the military comes up with some truly insane ideas — that work. What if you stuck an airport on a boat? Now, aircraft carriers rule the seas. Okay, what if you stuck a radar station on a ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO will replace its ageing fleet of AWACS surveillance planes, in service since the Cold War in the 1980s, with a militarised version of the Boeing 737 commercial jet, the ...

The UK Royal Air Force has decided against mothballing two of its seven Boeing E-3D Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft (AWACS), and will instead look to cut costs and hours flown by ...

The Air Force wants to hear more from defense contractors on how they would provide a prototype replacement for the E-3 Sentry, or AWACS, aircraft by 2028. (Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook/Air Force) ...

The evolution of air combat has been significantly influenced by the development of radar early warning systems, which have become a crucial element in modern air warfare. Since the Vietnam War, the ...

WADDINGTON (Reuters) - As crowds gather to watch this year's Olympic opening ceremony in London, highly trained eyes on the ground and in the sky will be keeping tabs on every aircraft over the ...