Mon, Dec 19, 2011
Airplane Is 1st To Be Modified By Korea Aerospace
Industries
The Boeing Company delivered the second Peace Eye 737 Airborne
Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Republic of
Korea Air Force (ROKAF) Tuesday. The aircraft was delivered to
ROKAF Base Gimhae, the main operating base for the Peace Eye fleet.
Peace Eye No. 2 is the first aircraft in the fleet to be modified
into an AEW&C configuration by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI)
at its facility in Sacheon.
ROKAF Peace Eye
"The quality of KAI's work has been outstanding. Their
commitment to excellence, their focus and their technical expertise
were critical to the achievement of this major milestone," said
Randy Price, Peace Eye program manager for Boeing. Two additional
Peace Eye aircraft are being modified by KAI in Sacheon and will be
delivered to the ROKAF in 2012.
The Peace Eye program includes four 737 AEW&C aircraft plus
ground support segments for mission crew training, mission support
and system maintenance. 737-based AEW&C aircraft also are in
production for the governments of Australia and Turkey.
Based on the Boeing Next-Generation 737-700 commercial airplane,
the 737 AEW&C aircraft is designed to provide
airborne-battle-management capability with an advanced multirole
electronically scanned radar and 10 state-of-the-art mission crew
consoles that are able to track airborne and maritime targets
simultaneously. The mission crew can direct offensive and defensive
forces while maintaining continuous surveillance of the operational
area.
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