The plane itself is a Bombardier Global business jet, but Swedish defense company Saab has equipped it with an Erieye ER radar. That’s the 26-foot-long, 1.1-ton “handle” on the top of the plane.

An introduction of Saab 340s via Sweden would enable the service to develop its own AEW&C capabilities, and potentially share surveillance data with other European countries.

NATO's main operating base for its Boeing E-3A airborne warning and control system (AWACS) fleet is to trial the use of digital tower air traffic control technology next year, with equipment ...

The successful performance of the Gripens over Thailand and Cambodia has significantly bolstered interest by other potential ...

In April of 2022, the Air Force announced the successor to AWACS, an evolved version of the Wedgetail radar plane that Boeing built for Australia’s military. Wedgetail is based on a militarized ...

Business Insider got access to a NATO AWACS flight on a mission over Eastern Europe. The aircraft, an E-3 Sentry, is decades old and nearing the end of its service life.

As mighty as the E-3 AWACS once was, it has started to show its age. The aircraft are decades old, parts for its archaic Boeing 707 airframe are getting harder to come by, and worst of all, its ...

<p>It has been 40 years since the first airborne warning and control system, or AWACS, plane found its home at Tinker AFB, and the mission of the aircraft has changed over the years.&nbsp;</p> ...

With an original line up of 18 Boeing E-3A AWACS aircraft (now reduced to 14), the E-3A Component is directly supported by Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary ...