(Luft) Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (AFSC)

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NATO awards contracts for E-3 replacement

On 31 March 2022, the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has awarded contracts to the Boeing ABILITI Consortium, the Airbus and Northrop Grumman ASPAARO team, and General Atomics, to conduct Risk Reduction and Feasibility Studies (RRFS), as part of the Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (AFSC) initiative.

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The E-3A AWACS has been NATO's key surveillance and control asset since the 1980s, and will retire around 2035, after 50 years of service.

https://scramble.nl/military-news/nato-a...eplacement