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Boeing wins a $400 mn contract to upgrade Japan's E767 AWACS aircraft.
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| Boeing wins a $400 mn contract to upgrade Japan's E767 AWACS aircraft | |||
Boeing
has been awarded a $402,787,272 modification to a previously awarded contract
for Japan Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) Mission Computing
Upgrade Program. Boeing will provide upgrade of four E-767 Airborne Warning
and Control aircraft and three ground support facilities. |
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Japan Self-Defense Forces' Boeing E767 Airborne Warning and Control
aircraft |
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Work
will be performed at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and is expected to be complete
by June 30, 2020. This contract is 100 percent foreign military sales
to Japan. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base,
Massachusetts, is the contracting activity. The Boeing 767 AWACS airborne warning and control system
has been selected by Japan to carry out airborne surveillance and command
and control (C2) operations for tactical and air defence forces. The
surveillance system is based on a flexible, multimode radar, which enables
AWACS to separate maritime and airborne targets from ground and sea
clutter radar returns. |
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