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  • Boeing Delivers Final Updated AWACS Aircraft to NATO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Delivers Final Updated AWACS Aircraft to NATO

    Boeing has handed an updated airborne warning-and-control system aircraft over to NATO, the 14th and final platform the company modernized to help the international alliance comply with Europe’s navigation and air traffic management standards. NATO received the E-3A AWACS unit equipped with five digital displays for the flight crew to view data on the plane’s engine, […] More

  • Boeing Performs Radar Upgrade on Saudi Arabia's AWACS Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Performs Radar Upgrade on Saudi Arabia’s AWACS Aircraft

    Boeing has completed an effort to optimize the radar systems of Saudi Arabia’s fleet of E-3A airborne warning and control system aircraft. The Radar System Improvement Program is intended to boost the original equipment’s radar sensitivity and widen the range for tracking targets, Boeing said Tuesday. Northrop Grumman provided the RSIP kit which is comprised of a new radar computer, […] More

  • CAE to Help Train NATO AWACS Aircraft Crews; Marc-Lovier Sabourin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE to Help Train NATO AWACS Aircraft Crews; Marc-Lovier Sabourin Comments

    NATO has awarded CAE a contract to train crews at the international alliance’s facility in Germany on flying the E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft. CAE said Thursday it will continue to maintain and perform support work on E-3A flight deck simulator and training devices at NATO Airbase Geilenkirchen. The company will also deploy aircrew instructors, develop courseware, operate mission simulators […] More