Airborne AWACS Exchanges Electronic Warfare Data With the Ground, Updates in Record Time

The E-3 Sentry was born into this world in the 1970s, at a time when tensions between the East and the West were at their highest (present times not included). Built as a military offshoot of the Boeing 707 commercial airliner, it is meant to play the role of early warning and control platform. Using a 30 feet (9 meters) in diameter dish, mounted on top of its fuselage and hiding a potent radar, but also a wide range of advanced systems, ... (continue reading...)