The Air Force wants to hear more from defense contractors on how they would provide a prototype replacement for the E-3 Sentry, or AWACS, aircraft by 2028. (Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook/Air Force) ...

The E-3 Sentry AWACS plane with its rotating radar dome above the fuselage has long been a symbol of Western resolve to resist aggression. A total of 68 were built during the cold war, with half being ...

In the mid-2030s NATO’s current fleet of aging E-3 AWACS will be retired, to be replaced by a system-of-systems combining aircraft with other assets. NATO's E-3s will be over 50 years old at the time ...

The battlefield of tomorrow won’t wait for yesterday’s command structures. As adversaries deploy hypersonic weapons capable of traveling at Mach 5 speeds — roughly 3,800 mph — the U.S. Air Force’s ...

Oklahoma lawmakers are warning Air Force officials against trying to slash the E-3 Sentry fleet that has long been based at Tinker Air Force Base, unless the timetable is accelerated for replacement ...

A Royal Australian Air Force E-7 Wedgetail participating in the Black Flag test event takes off from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, May 11, 2021. (Airman Trevor Bell/Air Force) WASHINGTON — The U.S.

Facing down long-range air-to-air missiles, such as the Chinese air force’s PL-15, the US Air Force (USAF) is rethinking its airborne warning and control systems (AWACS). The service believes its ...

The press has now disclosed what everyone suspected—that the U.S. is helping Ukraine by relaying the coordinates of Russian military targets. The mission makes this a good moment to focus on the gaps ...

The evolution of air combat has been significantly influenced by the development of radar early warning systems, which have become a crucial element in modern air warfare. Since the Vietnam War, the ...

Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace business has secured a potential 10-year, $99.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to perform sustaining engineering work on avionics of the ...