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 ...

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, Nov 15 (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, ...

Few days ago, the video uploaded to YouTube of a near midair collision between a NATO E-3 AWACS aircraft and KC-135 Stratotanker went viral. The video, taken from the perspective of the KC-135’s boom ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has formally launched its search for a replacement for the Boeing E-3G Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS). The service issued a request for information on 8 ...

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 ...

The future airborne early warning aircraft and control system (AWACS) will be unmanned and integrated for future warfare, a major developer told the Global Times on Thursday at the Airshow China held ...

With a violent war raging in Europe, it seems that most Western countries have stepped up the training routines for their national armies. Not the same can be said about the U.S., which kept ...

BERLIN-- NATO deployed two surveillance planes to fly over Poland and Romania on Wednesday to monitor the crisis in neighboring Ukraine. The military alliance said two AWACS, or Airborne Warning And ...