Northrop Grumman announced today that it has received a $300 million contract to provide its Multirole Electronically Scanned Array radar to Australia as part of the country's airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) program, called Project Wedgetail. The contract was awarded by Boeing, which last December won a deal worth more than $1 billion for Project Wedgetail. Boeing will develop and provide four 737 AEW&C aircraft, and the contract contains options for three more, according to a Northrop Grumman Electronic...
