NATO Takes First Steps Toward Future Surveillance System

Tony Osborne January 07, 2020
E3A sentry aircraft
NATO plans to replace the Germany-based E-3A fleet by 2035.
Credit: NATO E-3A Component
NATO has taken the first steps toward replacing its fleet of Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne early-warning platforms. With the Germany-based fleet envisaged to exit service in 2035, a $1 billion contract agreed with Boeing in November for what the alliance calls the Final Lifetime Extension Program is...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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