The French air force has completed test and evaluation of its second modernised E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, declaring initial operational capability on its Boeing-lead ...

The air force wants to replace the AWACS with space satellites, in addition to the U.S. Navy’s carrier based E-2D AWACS. U.S. War Department officials consider any type of aircraft-based AWACS as too ...

The U.S. Air Force has declared initial operational capability for seven of its Boeing-built E-3 AWACS aircraft, which are upgraded with new radar capability, Boeing announced June 28. The IOC ...

Saudi Arabia’s five E-3 AWACs, via the U.S. Air Force’s Electronic Systems Center, have received a $49.2-million Link-16 communications upgrade from Boeing. The secure, jam-resistant, digital data ...

Boeing has begun flight testing the mission system for the latest Block 40/45 upgrade of the US Air Force’s E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. The 7h flight from Boeing Field in ...

In this video, I break down why Saab’s and General Atomics' new airborne radar-equipped Reaper drone is such a combat ...

A U.S Air Force E-3 AWACS manufactured by Boeing at the Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition (ADEX) at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, South Korea, on Oct. 16, 2017. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg ...

Feb. 13 (UPI) --Boeing has been awarded a $99.9 million contract for Block 40/45 production of the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System, the Pentagon announced Thursday. The contract funds ...

The U.S. Air Force is looking Down Under as it prepares to ditch the workhorse but aging fleet of E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft, popularly known as AWACS. The surveillance ...

Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace business has secured a potential 10-year, $99.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to perform sustaining engineering work on avionics of the ...

The E-3 Sentry is afflicted by acute parts and maintenance issues as the Boeing 707 aircraft it is based on ceased production 30 years ago. Nearly three months after the fuselage of the U.S. Air Force ...

Update: This story was updated April 4 with additional information from the Air Force on capabilities it requested for its E-7s. AURORA, Colo. — For nearly 50 years, the E-3 Sentry aircraft served as ...