E-3 Sentry

Odyssey Systems Consulting Group Ltd., Wakefield, Massachusetts, has been awarded a $12,184,292 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable and firm-fixed-price modification (25) to exercise an option on previously awarded contract FA8721-13-D-0002 0004 for professional acquisition support services. Contractor will provide program management, financial management, administrative and other related support utilizing established government, contractor, and industry practices for the […]

With North Atlantic Treaty Organization members divided over how deeply involved the alliance should be in the fight against Islamic State, foreign ministers said Thursday that the alliance should remain in a support role, providing training and support to the Libyan and Iraqi governments. Off the table is a resumption of the combat role the […]

NATO allies agreed on Friday to send aircraft and ships to Turkey to strengthen Ankara’s air defences on its border with Syria, the alliance’s chief said. Diplomats said the package is partly designed to avoid more shoot-downs of Russian planes. Envoys to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation approved the plan and must now decide what […]

In recent years, the air forces of the Gulf nations have undergone a dramatic transformation, growing in both size and stature. In the past few months, the Royal Bahraini Air Force, the Royal Jordanian Air Force, the Qatar Emiri Air Force, the Royal Saudi Air Force and the UAE Air Force and Air Defence have […]

Coalition air operations against the Islamic State have been bolstered by the deployment of a UK Boeing E-3D Sentry AWACS aircraft to the Royal Air Force (RAF) base at Akrotiri on Cyprus. The deployment of the aircraft on 28 January from the 8 Squadron at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire was revealed in an announcement posted […]

The US government helped facilitate the sale of $34.2 billion worth of defense equipment to allies during fiscal 2014, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on Monday, a slight uptick from the roughly $30 billion in sales in 2013. Sales were led by a few blockbuster deals that helped some of the largest US […]

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Saudi Arabia for an AWACS modernization program and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $2.0 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on August 12, 2014. […]

Northrop Grumman Systems, Linthicum Heights, Maryland, has been awarded an $11,343,138 indefinite-delivery requirements contract to provide E-3 Airborne Warning and Command System Radar Maintenance Technician Initial Skills Training program to the Royal Saudi Air Force. Proposed training will be developed and conducted by the contractor, procured by the Air Education and Training Command, and presented […]

A Royal Saudi Air Force AWACS aircraft recently left Tinker for duty in Saudi Arabia after a nearly year-long restoration by the 76th Maintenance Squadron. Danny Simon, Middle East support chief located in the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, praised the 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group for taking on the additional work among its many […]

The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, has been awarded a $11,150,000 firm-fixed-price, time-and-materials and cost-reimbursable contract for E-3 Engineering Services. Work will be performed at Seattle, Washington, and is expected to be completed by May 31, 2017. This is a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance and foreign military sales (France, United Kingdom, Saudi […]