A billion dollar for modernising NATO AWACS-fleet

[Osprey66]

https://www.1limburg.nl/miljard-dollar- ... liegtuigen

[Buccaneer S.2B]

Great news! After 37 years of service, hopefully they will fly for another 37 years!

[BaasG]

From the NATO newsroom

QUESTION [DPA]: Ansgar Haas, DPA. Secretary General, can you confirm that NATO will sign next week a one billion dollar contract to extend the lifetime of the AWACS fleet until 2035?

JENS STOLTENBERG: Yes, I can confirm that we will sign a contract upgrading, modernising the AWACS fleet, one billion dollars. And this reflects the importance of modernising our capabilities, including our common capabilities as the AWACS fleet is.

We are also now looking into how to replace the AWACS fleet in the future, so after 2035. And we will also soon also receive the first Global Hawk drones, the Alliance Ground Surveillance drones at our base in Sigonella, also reflecting another part of how NATO is modernising and investing more in modern capabilities.

[SquAdmin]

Does anyone know what kind of modifications are included in this contract?

[henkpm]

From the NATO newsroom

QUESTION [DPA]: Ansgar Haas, DPA. Secretary General, can you confirm that NATO will sign next week a one billion dollar contract to extend the lifetime of the AWACS fleet until 2035?

JENS STOLTENBERG: Yes, I can confirm that we will sign a contract upgrading, modernising the AWACS fleet, one billion dollars. And this reflects the importance of modernising our capabilities, including our common capabilities as the AWACS fleet is.

We are also now looking into how to replace the AWACS fleet in the future, so after 2035. And we will also soon also receive the first Global Hawk drones, the Alliance Ground Surveillance drones at our base in Sigonella, also reflecting another part of how NATO is modernising and investing more in modern capabilities.

Nothing about new engines ....

[Le Addeur noir]

Nothing about new engines ....

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Maybe NATO can purchase the CFM56s from the RAF Sentry fleet once the Wedgetails on order are delivered to 8 Sqn?.

[BaasG]

From the December Vliegende Hollander:

$1 miljard voor updates E-3 AWACS-vloot
De E-3 Sentry radarobservatievliegtuigen van de NAVO worden de komende jaren voor 1 miljard gemoderniseerd. Secretaris-generaal Jens Stoltenberg en de president van Boeing International, Sir Michael Arthur, ondertekenden op 27 november op de luchthaven Melsbroek in Brussel de overeenkomst.
Het NAVO-contract met Boeing zal de Airborne Early Warning and Control Stations, kortweg AWACS’en moderniseren, zodat ze de missies van het bondgenootschap tot 2035 kunnen blijven ondersteunen. Met de investering krijgen de 14 resterende E-3’s geavanceerde nieuwe communicatie- en netwerkmiddelen. De 16 NAVO-bondgenoten financieren deze modernisering. Bedrijven uit Europa en Noord-Amerika werken bij de modernisering samen. Stoltenberg onderstreept dat de NAVO zich blijft aanpassen en al van plan is de AWACS in 2035 te vervangen. Bij de modernisering van de E-3’s worden de motoren niet aangepast. Foto: NAVO

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