(Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that the contract is for the production phase of NATO's AWACS modernization program) Boeing has been contracted to upgrade 13 NATO Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft, the company announced this week. The upgrades are due to be delivered through 2018, by which time the NATO fleet will draw down from 17 to 14 aircraft, which includes the one aircraft currently undergoing modernization and testing. The contract moves the important...
