The E-3 is better known by its popular acronym, AWACS, which stands for “Airborne Warning And Control System.” As the phrase implies, it is more than just a flying radar—its onboard mission ...

Since the 1970s, the U.S. Air Force has used the E-3 for this purpose. Called the AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System), it is truly one of the strangest planes America's military has ever ...

The E-3, known as AWACS, is a flying pair of binoculars that can peer into the battle space to spot friends and enemies, and coordinate strikes. It’s a powerful platform. To borrow an ...

NATO had decided to replace its fleet of 14 E-3A AWACS (Airborne Warning And Control System) aircraft with six new E-7A Wedgetail aircraft, after a consortium of Allies approved this month what ...

The E-3 Sentry is far past its sell-by date—but with the need for AWACS persisting and no alternative in sight, the Air Force will need to go to increasing lengths to keep it alive. The E-3 ...

Back in 2022, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) finally decided on a replacement for the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft it has been using since the early 1970s.

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 ...

Time was, the U.S. military needed a giant AWACS aircraft packed with people, sensors, and computers to handle sensing and data sharing. Northrop Grumman now says it has a way to do much of that ...

The AWACS, part of NATO's eastern efforts, serves as a deterrent and surveillance against Russian aggression in and beyond Ukraine. Alongside other surveillance tools, the AWACS forms a shield for ...

AWACS aircraft: Following Operation Sindoor in response to the Pahalgam terror attacks, Pakistan launched drone and missile attacks on several Indian cities but the ...

Eveleth said the hardware was possibly a mount for a rotating radar dome, or rotodome, typically constructed as part of an airborne early warning and control (AWACS) system on an airborne early ...