Boeing announced in a press release that it has just completed the first flight of the United Kingdom's E-7 Wedgetail AWACS ...

20 -- the day The Wall Street Journal reported on Colbert's departure -- is an announcement of the first flight of a new British E-7 Wedgetail AWACS plane (built, coincidentally, by Boeing Defense).

Last year, Boeing’s Wedgetail won a competitive bid to replace NATO’s fleet of E-3 Sentry AWACS radar planes, demonstrating the aircraft’s global appeal. This new contract with the U.S. Air ...

“This secure data and voice link allows direct communication between AWACS and forward positioned fighter aircraft,” said Mark Mills, Boeing Saudi AWACS programs manager. “The Link 16 AWACS ...

The E-8 Joint STARS, meanwhile, could be thought of as AWACS for ground forces. Short for Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, the JSTARS is, like the E-3, based on a modified Boeing 707.

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Time was, the U.S. military needed a giant AWACS aircraft packed with people, sensors, and computers to handle sensing and data sharing. Northrop Grumman now says it has a way to do much of that ...

Boeing said today it has completed the first flight of the UK's E-7 Wedgetail for the Royal Air Force (RAF). A Boeing flight-test crew conducted functional checks during the first flight from ...

The Atlantic Alliance’s cutting-edge “eye-in-the-sky” reconnaissance aircraft may have already spotted waves of Russian ...