Tag: AWACS

Boeing Begins Digital Flight Deck Upgrades to NATO Fleet

Reading Time: < 1 minute Boeing delivered to NATO the first of fourteen E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft with cockpit upgrades that improve mission-readiness, decrease customer costs and reaffirm Boeing’s overall commitment to the fleet. The Communication Navigation Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) digital flight deck and avionics enhancements ensure compliance with current and future air traffic control […]

Russian Plane With AWACS-Styled Radar to Make Maiden Flight in 2018

Reading Time: < 1 minute The airborne A-100 Premier system will be set on an Ilyushin Il-76MD plane for the first test run due next year. It was dubbed an airborne lab and given the codename A-100LL. “The aim is to test and fine-tune Premier avionics on an A-100LL and then move it onto an Il-476. If everything goes as […]