AWACS final delivery date stable despite FOT&E delay

By Rachel Cohen / February 10, 2017 at 9:00 AM
Follow-on testing and evaluation for the latest version of the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System has been pushed back two years to fiscal year 2018, according to the Air Force. In an annual report to Congress published Jan. 10 , former top Pentagon weapons tester J. Michael Gilmore wrote that problems found during initial operational test and evaluation and other issues, as well as the program executive officer's decision not to certify it as ready for follow-on test and...

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