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Boeing awarded contract for radar upgrade on Saudi Awacs fleet

Seattle, USA - A deal worth about 42 million dollars

The Boeing Company has been awarded a contract for the initial phase of upgrading the radar on Saudi Arabia's fleet of five E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. The Foreign Military Sale, not to exceed 42 million dollars, was contracted through the Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. This first phase includes a study to determine which parts are obsolete...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1094359
Rome, Italy, 09/17/2008 13:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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